Baza has published a full transcript of the conversations between the pilots of the crashed AZAL plane and the dispatchers. It follows from it that the crew of Azerbaijan Airlines made all the decisions not to land in Grozny, not to fly to Makhachkala, and then the crew decided to return to Baku - and as a result, to fly to Aktau – independently.
The dispatchers suggested landing first in Grozny, then in Makhachkala, and gave the crew information about other Russian airports, but the crew decided not to land there. At the same time, the media claims that the recordings make it clear that the version about a collision with birds, as well as about an exploding gas cylinder on board, was voiced by the crew of the plane in talks with the dispatchers.
According to Baza, the recordings also show that there was an external impact on the plane, although the pilot did not declare an emergency on board.
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