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What we know about the Azerbaijan Airlines crash

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Flight J2-8243 took off from Baku , the capital of Azerbaijan , on Christmas Day .

It was due to land in Grozny , Chechnya , but was diverted to Aktau airport in Kazakhstan .

Survivors say they heard three explosions hit the plane on the third attempt to land.

Russian air-defence system may have been hit by missiles fired by Russian air defence system, sources say.

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84

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formal

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English

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50

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short-lived

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