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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. The investigation into the crash this week

of an Azerbaijan airline passenger jet in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people continues. One focus of the probe, a possible

mistaken attack by Russian anti-aircraft weapons. The plane crashed in Kazakhstan as it headed to a city

in Russia with 67 passengers and crew on board. 29 people survived. U.S. officials say it's possible

Russian weapons hit the plane,

and Azerbaijan Airlines says it suffered external, physical and technical interference.

But the head of Russia's aviation watchdog, Dmitri Medvedev,

says the diversion was necessary because of a difficult situation around the Grosney Airport.

I should note that the situation in the area of Grosny Airport that day during those hours

was quite difficult.

Ukrainian combat drones were mounting terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the

cities of Ghazni and Vladikavkaz.

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