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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. The White House says it's monitoring the

investigation into the Azerbaijani passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan Wednesday.

Impairs WindsorJohnston says preliminary reports

show the jet went down because of, quote, physical and technical external interference.

The passenger jet was traveling from the Azerbaijani capital to Chechnya-Russia when it was

diverted. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says it's possible that

Russian weapons hit the plane. We have seen some early indications that would certainly point to

the possibility that this jet was brought down by Russian air defense system. That said,

we have offered our assistance to that investigation.

Should they need it? Should they want it? Images of the plane's tail show damage consistent with

explosives. Azerbaijan Airlines has suspended flights to airports inside of Russia. Moscow has

denied any wrongdoing. Windsor Johnston and PR News, Washington.

Less than a month since South Korea's parliament voted to impeach President Yun-Song-Yal for imposing

martial law, Parliament has now voted to impeach his replacement, Hondak Su. It's the first time

South Korea has impeached an acting president

showing the seriousness of the political crisis gripping one of Asia's key democracies.

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