Azerbaijan Airlines said Friday the passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day experienced “physical and technical external interference,” according to an early investigation. At least 38 of the 67 people on board the plane were killed in the crash,

Experts say evidence in the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan points to a possible midair explosion, not an encounter with a flock of birds.

An Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38.An oxygen tank exploded before the crash, Kazakhstan's transport minister said.The plane was likely hit by Russian air defense before the crash,