‘It felt like the plane would fall apart’: Miracle survivors reveal final moments of airliner ‘shot down by Russians’ SURVIVORS of the Christmas Day plane crash have revealed from their hospital beds the final moments before the jet was reportedly shot down by Russia.
"The flight attendants immediately entered the cabin (and started telling the passengers): 'What are you doing, don't get up under any circumstances, everyone quickly get back to your seats, everyone sit down, everyone calm down, everything is fine, everything will stabilize'.".
Passengers on Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 said they heard loud bangs as the plane came in to land in Chechnya.
Survivor Vafa Shabanova said: "About 20 or 30 minutes after takeoff, we felt two explosions.
She said: "After the bang, people started getting up from their seats.
