2 aircraft accidents in Azerbaijan since 2000

The Antonov An-140-100 from Azerbaijan airlines, which was en route from Baku to Aktau, crashed a few minutes after take off. The plane crashed on land near the Caspian Sea shore, north from Baku. All off the 17 passengers and 5 crew members were killed. Azerbaijan Airlines' said that the study of the plane's flight recorders revealed that the pilots' instruments failed immediately after takeoff, making the crew unable to see the parameters necessary to fly, and leaving the crew unable to pilot the aircraft. A few minutes before the crash, the crew reported a system failure and asked air traffic controllers for information on the plane's altitude and direction.

The aircraft, on a cargo flight from Ankara, Turkey to Kabul, Afghanistan, crashed on takeoff from Baku (Azerbaijan) after a routine fuel stop. The plane climbed to an altitude of several hundred feet, before falling back to the ground and erupting in flames. 5 out of 7 crew members were killed.