Early findings from an investigation into the Azerbaijan Airlines crash in Kazakhstan suggest the aircraft suffered an “external impact”, Azerbaijani Transport Minister Rashan Nabiyev said. The plane was flying from Azerbaijan’s capital,

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan this week suffered physical “external interference”, the airline and Azerbaijan’s transport minister said Friday, citing preliminary results of an investigation,

The Embraer 190 was traveling to Grozny, Russia, but crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 people onboard. Investigators are focusing on Russian air defense as the likely cause.