Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that the passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan killing 38 people had been damaged due to shooting from the ground in Russia, Azerbaijan state television reported.

The crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan has killed 38 of 67 people on board. Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijani capital Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons that aren’t fully clear yet.

The final words from an Azerbaijan Airlines flight attendant involved in the tragic Christmas Day plane crash have been revealed. Hokuma Aliyeva, 33, was one of the 38 who died on board Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 which crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan on Christmas Day.