Azerbaijan observes day of mourning for Kazakhstan plane crash victims

Azerbaijan observed a nationwide day of mourning on Thursday for the victims of a plane crash in which 38 people were killed and all 29 survivors injured as speculation mounted about the possible cause of the incident (Administration of Mangystau Region/AP)

Azerbaijan observed a nationwide day of mourning on Thursday for the victims of a plane crash in which 38 people were killed and all 29 survivors injured as speculation mounted about the possible cause of the incident.

The Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus on Wednesday when it was diverted for reasons not yet certain and crashed while making an attempt to land in Aktau in Kazakhstan after flying east across the Caspian Sea.