• An Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after sustaining damage over Russia, killing 38.
  • The plane was likely hit by Russian air defense before the crash, BI reported Thursday.
  • Several airlines, including Azerbaijan Airlines, El Al, Flydubai, and Qazaq Air, are canceling flights to Russia, citing passenger safety and risks.
  • BigFig@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    News outlets need to stop calling it a fucking CRASH when we can see the fucking holes in the plane.

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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      4 days ago

      The audacity of saying “reason of crash are unclear, it might have been a bird strike” when the camera panned on the holes…

      • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz
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        4 days ago

        “Da, we have aggressive birds. Fly right through planes. Sideways through hull and explode. Very dangerous, only exist in Russia.”

    • peoplebeproblems
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      4 days ago

      Those are clearly from the birds going through the fuselage (/s)