The 53-page preliminary report published by Kazakhstan's transport ministry included photographs of the plane.

As Russia continues to try to divert attention from the plane crash in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan is preparing an appeal to an international court, according to APA. Even after the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan released its first report on the plane crash,

An Azerbaijani passenger plane that crashed in December after being diverted from Russia to Kazakhstan had suffered external damage and was riddled with holes in its fuselage, according to a report published on a Kazakh government website on Tuesday.