The flight was en route from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Grozny, in Russia’s south, when it diverted and attempted an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.

A plane carrying seven people injured in the Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 crash arrived at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku on Thursday evening. The plane was en route from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted and crashed while making an attempt to land in Aktau,

The investigation on the crash of the Embraer E190 while attempting an emergency landing is still ongoing, however reports of a possible involvement of