Azerbaijani pilot Aleksandr Kalyaninov died as a hero while saving dozens of lives. The passenger plane was very difficult to control after it was struck by a Russian missile near Grozny. He made it across the Caspian Sea after having been refused an emergency landing in Russia.

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1. Azerbaijani pilot Aleksandr Kalyaninov died as a hero while saving dozens of lives.

   The passenger plane was very difficult to control after it was struck by a Russian missile near Grozny. He made it across the Caspian Sea after having been refused an emergency landing in Russia.

   The passenger plane which crashed in Kazakhstan was hit by Russian surface-to-air missile, according Azerbaijani government sources – Euronews

   https://x.com/bnonews/status/1872262882576224485?s=46

   https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1872326028586287262?s=46

2. Hero

3. More lives destroyed by Russians. When will the world rid itself of the Russian cancer?

4. Clear skies Cap, rest in peace

5. A true hero, fuck ruZZia

6. Its as if russia’s whole existence relies on destroying the good in this world.

7. Fuck Russia

8. Gave his last, full, measure of effort for his fellow humans. What more could anybody ask or give. RIP hero!

9. From the videos I’ve seen of airline pilots analysing what’s so far known about this incident, saying that the aircraft was *difficult to control* after the missile-strike is an under-statement. It appears the only means of controlling the plane’s altitude and heading was by altering the thrust of the two engines, and that makes it astonishing the crew kept the plane in the air for as long as they did.

   That *anyone* survived this attack by Russia is a huge credit to the pilot and first officer.

   And it’s actually good that the Russians refused to allow the plane to attempt a landing in Russia. If they had come down there, it’s certain the authorities would have claimed that the flight data and cockpit recorders were utterly obliterated in the crash, so there was no way of knowing for sure what had happened to the plane.

10. R.I.P. Top Man, Hero !!

11. Rest in peace 🕊️

12. [https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/azerbaijan-airlines-flight-was-downed-by-russian-air-defence-system-four-sources-2024-12-26/](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/azerbaijan-airlines-flight-was-downed-by-russian-air-defence-system-four-sources-2024-12-26/)

13. Russia has the “Touch of Shit”.

    Everything she touches turns to shit.

    Fuck war-criminal Putin in particular.

14. russia is a disgusting terrorist state.

15. Captain Igor Kshnyakin & Second pilot Alexander Kalyaninov

16. #fuckrussia

17. As always, ruzzi scum is at work. It’s a shame western leaders are not reaction to these terror attacks. Absolutely insane behavior by the cancer of the world nation

18. Russia is a waste of space and humanity.

19. Guys a hero including the flight crew. That was a long ass haul with no hydraulics and he made land and saved a lot of people. Respect!

20. Rest in peace sir

21. Fuck Russia.

22. Basically Russia shot the plane near the city that wiped out years ago during the invasion and occupation of Chechnya, then refused to allow emergency landing of such airplane… 🤦‍♂️. Italy 🇮🇹

23. Maybe this warrants its own post, but blancolirio provides some helpful insight into the challenges that were facing the crew and the massive evidence that was left behind. [https://youtu.be/1J04wUKZUCI?si=MYhTbceDatc4F85O](https://youtu.be/1J04wUKZUCI?si=MYhTbceDatc4F85O)

24. Russians are kinda arseholes

25. Russians are truly the scum of the earth

26. I doubt we ever get to hear a cockpit recording or onboard flight data.

27. The civilized world must make Russia pay for all the atrocities.

28. Refusing the emergency landing is actually worse then shooting it down in the first place. I can wrap my mind around negligence, but not letting them land is intentional

29. How can you refuse an emergency landing? Russia already lost their ICAO council seat but if they’re even going to refuse basic shit like letting a plane near their air space emergency land then there shouldn’t be commercial flights allowed in and out.

30. Two words only: respect & hero

31. 😇 Thank you Aleks, Putin will pay.

32. Slava

33. Mistakenly fire pantsir missle at plane, denies planes pleas for emergency landing. Jeez can russia be anymore evil?

34. Looks like a really young fella. Much respect.

35. It seems they have a habit of shooting passenger planes down, and how can you even refuse an emergency landing? It’s tells what level this so called state called russia is in, rotten to its core

36. rip

37. Taken to soon from the Russian Filth RIP Hero.

38. A legend!

    And those who refused the emergency landing are legendary assholes!

39. Russian airspace should be closed, entirely fucking closed. If they can shoot a missile at a passenger airplane and deny its emergency landing then the airspace is no longer safe for any flight. They should also be hit with major sanctions from every country for denying an emergency landing in an actual emergency.

40. Thank God he did what he could to save as many lives as possible.

    Rest in peace Aleksandr.

41. Russia: *Hits civilian aircraft with a missile. Refuses to allow that plane to make an emergency landing*

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