Captain, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
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Killed in crash; posthumously named National Hero of Azerbaijan
On December 25, 2024, Russian anti-aircraft fire shredded an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet carrying 67 people. The pilots—hydraulics destroyed, controls failing—flew the crippled Embraer 190 across the Caspian Sea for an emergency landing.
Updated May 16
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