Footage shows damage on plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day

Chilling footage shows damage on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 and injuring 29.

Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 had flown hundreds of miles off its scheduled route and crashed on the opposite shore of the Caspian Sea, after what Russia's aviation watchdog said was an emergency that may have been caused by a bird strike. But an aviation expert suggested that cause seemed unlikely.

[NoelCraigNI]

I'm not an expert by any means but that sure looks like shrapnel damage from a surface to air missile detonation.

[Enough_Is_Enough_Official]

Someone's got some explaining to do, either mistaken ID or deliberate.
Definitely not a bird strike definitely man made military grade damage

[laurencebois]

"may have been caused by a bird strike"
Yeah, a bird that looks exactly like a surface-to-air missile

[EnergeticMan]

First it was a bird strike; then it was an on-board oxygen tank exploding, but there was also strong GPS Jamming and spoofing with fog in and around Grozny. Some group or nation needs to be held to account over this disaster.

[J-Me-UK]

Bullet holes/shrapnel!?? 😮
Who was on that plane I wonder

[AdamStone-sdtq]

Definitely looks like it’s been shot at.

[Wilko]

That is shrapnel damage from a missile explosion

[thunderous-one]

Every time an aeroplane goes down/crashes, I ask just the one question……..who was on the plane that needed to be silenced.

[creativeforeignpolicy]

Another civilian airplane shot down by Russia. 😢

[pdtech]

I'm no air crash investigator, but I know shrapnel damage when I see it....🤔😲😳

[ChrisAndCats]

That's hard debris that's hit that plane. Not a bird.

[Leandrohsn]

Esse avião foi atingido por defesa aérea. Isso são sinais de fragmento de defesa detonado próximo a aeronave.

[r.manson]

there is the video from inside the plane, u can see the damage and bl0d inside the plane minutes before he crashed

[MikeYeksigian]

I read that the pilots were instructed to ditch the plane at sea but instead opted to land at an alternate airfield. Luckily there were survivors and a fuselage that can tell the whole story.

[JamesPratt-xh]

Looks like frag damage to my untrained eye...

[jankesjaszklanka]

Now i dont belive that polish government catastrophy with tu154m was accident

[BrawlStarzLeon]

As From Azerbaijan, i know all information, this plane is from AZAL. rip 38 People 😢

[bragagd]

cant the impact with little stones on the ground make that damage?

[mrechelon]

Clearly missile shrapnel damage. No wonder the pilots countny control it
My heart goes to those who lost their lives in this incident

[nuramoboy]

I’m. Pilot of DJI drone and every time birds attack it and it never went down it never crashed until when the birds decided to crush it, definitely birds not strike behind the fuselage they do in the front