In December 2024, a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crashed at Muan Airport, killing 179 passengers. The investigation found the remains of Baikal teal in both engines, which the crew had been warned about 2 minutes before the crash.
In the village of Zavadka, Lviv region, an ATV fell into the river because the driver lost control. An 8-year-old passenger was killed, and the 38-year-old driver was hospitalized with injuries.
Ukraine's student hockey team defeated the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals. The decisive goal was scored in the 62nd minute of overtime, which brought the Ukrainians to the semifinals of the tournament.
The slender-billed kullen, a migratory bird from Russia and Kazakhstan, has been officially recognized as an extinct species. This is the first case of extinction of a European bird species since the late 15th century.
The Bulgarian parliament approved a coalition government uniting pro-Western, pro-Russian and populist forces. The government was supported by 125 MPs after a long period of political instability in the country.
Elina Svitolina defeated American Caroline Dowlgade in the second round of the Australian Open with a score of 6-1, 6-4. Diana Jastremska also reached the third round of the tournament, defeating Danka Kovinic.
A resident of Zhezkazgan was sentenced to 4. 5 years in prison for participating in the war against Ukraine as a member of the Wagner PMC. The mercenary worked as the head of an artillery depot for 240 thousand rubles per month.
Kazakhstan has limited the validity of bank cards for Russians and other non-residents to 12 months. It also reduced the maximum number of cards per client and increased monitoring of transactions.
KazMunayGas proposes to buy Bulgaria's only oil refinery from Russia's Lukoil. The deal could strengthen the position of Kazakh oil in Europe and double the company's refining capacity in the region.
Brazilian investigators have completed the extraction of data from the black boxes of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan accuses Russia of shooting down the plane with an air defense missile.
The President of Azerbaijan has accused Russia of the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane near Aktau.
Air Serbia has been canceling flights from Belgrade to Kazan and Sochi since late January. This is the sixth airline to restrict flights to Russia after the downing of an Azerbaijani plane in Kazakhstan.
A massive accident involving about 95 cars has occurred on the Astana-Petropavlovsk highway due to bad weather conditions. Rescuers are working at the scene, and traffic has been partially restored under police supervision.
Some Chinese air carriers have begun to avoid flying over southwestern Russia after the plane crash in Kazakhstan. New routes to Georgia and Hungary now go through Azerbaijan and other regions of Russia.
German Chancellor says that Russia's war affects innocent people outside Ukraine, commenting on the plane crash in Aktau. Azerbaijan Airlines suspends flights to Moscow until the end of March.
Israeli airline El Al has extended its suspension of flights from Tel Aviv to Moscow until the end of March 2025. The decision was made after a comprehensive assessment of the situation and the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan has decided to send the black boxes of the downed Embraer jet to Brazil for decoding. The decision was made in view of the fact that Brazil is the country of origin of the aircraft.
Azerbaijani President said that after the crash of the airplane Russia put forward delusional versions of the causes of the disaster.
A Jeju Air Boeing 737-8AS crashed at Muan Airport, allegedly due to a collision with birds. As a result of the crash, 151 people died and 28 were reported missing.
Russia is creating a legal framework for removing the Taliban and HTS from the list of terrorist organizations. This should facilitate political and economic rapprochement with Afghanistan and secure Russian bases in Syria.
A Jeju Air plane with 181 passengers on board crashed at Muan Airport. At least 28 people were killed, two survived, and the fate of the other passengers is currently unknown.
Turkmenistan Airlines has suspended flights on the Ashgabat-Moscow route for a month. This is the fifth company to restrict flights to Russia after the Embraer E190 crash.
According to Flightradar24, the Azerbaijan Airlines plane was flying over an area where drones were being shot at before the crash. The distress call was made between 8:23 and 8:25 a.m. when the plane was over Grozny.
The Alabuga plant produced 5,760 Shahed drones in 9 months of 2024, twice as many as in 2023. russia plans to produce 10,000 decoy drones by the end of the year to overcome Ukrainian air defense.
Co-pilot Oleksandr Kalyaninov, a graduate of the Ukrainian State Flight Academy, died in a plane crash in Kazakhstan on December 25. During the crash, he saved dozens of lives in the line of duty.
The White House has information about the possible involvement of Russian air defense in the downing of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Kazakhstan. The airline suspends flights to 10 Russian cities due to “external interference” in the crash.
Azerbaijan Airlines claims “external interference” as the cause of the Embraer 190 crash. On December 28, the company suspends flights to 10 cities in Russia due to possible security risks.
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry calls for a fair investigation into the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that went down in Kazakhstan. Traces of shrapnel damage were found on the wreckage, and Russian airports refused to allow emergency landing.
Azerbaijan Airlines flight JS-8432 was shot down by the Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense system over Russian territory. According to sources, after the missile hit, the plane was not allowed to make an emergency landing in Russia.
Israeli airline El Al temporarily suspends flights to moscow because of russia's possible involvement in the downing of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane. The decision will be reconsidered after a new assessment of the situation next week.
