RUSSIA MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN BRINGING THE PLANE DOWN.
WE HAVE COURTNEY KUBE WITH MORE.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING, NEW
INFORMATION AND NEW IMAGES AS
THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE FIERY
AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES CRASH MOVES
FORWARD.
THIS VIDEO SHOWS CONFUSED
PASSENGERS AFTER OXYGEN MASKS
DROPPED AND SOMETHING TIERED
THROUGH THE CABIN PEELING AWAY.
THIS MAN HEARD A LOUD BANG AND
BEGAN PRAYING.
THIS SURVIVOR SAYING SHE FELT
TWO EXPLOSIONS AND SAW A MAN
INJURED BY THE BLAST AND
PANICKED.
THE PLANE WAS HEADED TO THE
CHECHEN CAPITAL OF GROZNY.
DAZED PASSENGERS EMERGED FROM
THE FIERY WRECKAGE.
NOW INTELLIGENCE MAY HAVE
INFORMATION IT WAS AN INCOMING
DRONE AND MAY HAVE SHOT IT DOWN
ACCORDING TO U.S. OFFICIALS.
HOURS EARLIER, RUSSIAN AIR
DEFENSES SHOOTING DOWN A
UKRAINIAN DRONE 70 MILES AWAY.
>> IN THE DISTRICT WHICH
INCLUDES CHECHNYA WHY DEFENDING
AGAINST A DRONE ATTACK.
THAT INVOLVED AIR DEFENSES USED
TO SHOOT DOWN DRONES.
>> Reporter: HOLES LIKE THESE IN
THE FUSELAGE COULD BE THE RESULT
OF THE AIR DEFENSE MISSILE
EXPLODING NEAR THE AIRCRAFT.
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS INITIALLY
ATTRIBUTED THE CRASH TO THE
APPARENT BIRD STRIKE.
BUT SAID FRIDAY THAT UKRAINIAN
COMBAT DRONES WERE MOUNTING
ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA.
AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES SAID THE JET
CRASHED AFTER PHYSICAL
INTERFERENCE AND SUSPENDED
FLIGHTS TO SEVERAL RUSSIAN
CITIES AS THE INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES.
THE STATEMENT FROM THE AIRLINES
MENTIONED TECHNICAL EXTERNAL
INTERFERENCE.
THAT COULD BE A REFERENCE TO
JAMMING EQUIPMENT THAT THE
RUSSIAN MILITARY IS KNOWN TO USE
TO CONFUSE UKRAINIAN DRONES.
SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT, HOWEVER,
IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO IMPACT