Just recently an Azerbaijani airline plane was shot down by a Russian missile attack.

The crew members of the Azerbaijani plane have been laid to rest with a ceremony.

Two pilots and a cabin crew member who lost their lives in the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near Aktau, Kazakhstan, were laid to rest with a ceremony.

The ceremony was held at Heydar Aliyev International Airport for captain pilot Igor Kshnyakin, second pilot Aleksandr Kalyaninov and cabin attendant Höküme Aliyeva, who lost their lives in the incident.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, his wife Mihriban Aliyeva, state officials, AZAL employees and relatives of the deceased attended the ceremony.

During the ceremony, the Azerbaijani National Anthem was played and a moment of silence was observed for the crew and passengers who lost their lives.

After the ceremony, the bodies were taken to the 2nd Honorary Khıyaban, where the graves of state officials and people who served for the country are located, for burial.

AZAL’s Embraer 190-type plane, which was on a Baku-Grozni flight, crashed on December 25 near Aktau, Kazakhstan.

38 people were killed in the crash and 29 survived.

AZAL announced that the plane crashed as a result of physical and technical external interference.

Speaking to AA, Azerbaijani officials confirmed the claim that the plane was attacked by the Russian “Pantsir-S” air defense system.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and apologized for the “tragic incident in Russian airspace” in which the AZAL plane was shot down.