Parts Of Russia's Air Area Closed, Azerbaijan Plane Returns To Baku

JAKARTA - Azerbaijan Airlines' plane to the southern Russian city of Mineralnie Vody returned to Baku on Friday after being told that parts of the airspace in southern Russia was closed.

Azerbaijani Airlines flights from Baku to Russia's Grozny crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, December 25.

Russia said it was important to wait for the investigation to complete to understand what happened. Four Azerbaijanan sources told Reuters on Thursday the plane was attacked by Russian air defense systems.