Survivors from the Azerbaijan Airlines flight that went down in Kazakhstan, a country in central Asia, are speaking out for the first time since the Christmas Day tragedy. In a new interview with the New York Times published Friday, Dec. 27, two flight ...

Eyewitness accounts from survivors of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243, which crashed in Kazakhstan, reveal terrifying details of the disaster, including loud bangs and a loss of cabin pressure. Passengers feared the plane would fall apart.

Azerbaijan Airlines says the jet that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day experienced “physical and technical external interference,” according to an early investigation, as questions swirled about Russia’s possible involvement in the disaster.