The Russians knocked down the Embraer 190 passenger aircraft because they confused it with the drone - NBC News

According to journalists, the Russians could perceive the aircraft for its height for a non -standard flight scheme. The Russian military could knock down the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 aircraft because they took it as a percussion drone. NBC News writes about it. Officials on anonymity have reported that the United States has intelligence that the Russians could perceive the Azerbaijani passenger plane as a drone, so they attacked it with air defense systems.

"Two US military officials said on Friday in an interview with NBC News that the United States has intelligence, which indicate that the Russians could mistakenly identify the Azerbaijani airliner and knock it down," the material said. The publication writes that the aircraft could be confused with the drone because it had a non -standard flight scheme and height.

In addition, it is noted that during the incident, the Russian air defense forces were protected from the attack of Ukrainian military drones, and the sources of the TV channel added that the investigation is ongoing. We will remind, the flight attendant of Azerbaijan Airlines heard three explosions from the outside before the aircraft fall into the Actau and denied the information that was spread by the Russian media that an oxygen or gas cylinder had exploded on the aircraft.