Moment man shows he survived doomed Azerbaijan Airlines crash after filming final message A husband who filmed heartbreaking final message for his wife as he prepared to die in the fiery wreckage of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed on Christmas Day has miraculously revealed that he survived the ordeal.
Passengers who survived the horror ordeal could be seen milling around the area in footage taken after the incident, which investigators now fear could have resulted from a Russian air defence missile rather than bird strike as was initially believed.
Mr Rakhimov recorded a video for his wife telling how the plane was losing altitude after attempting to land several times, adding that people onboard heard a loud bang.
Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 crashed in Aktau, Kazakhstan on Christmas Day after initiating an emergency landing en route from Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, to Grozny, in Chechnya, Russia.
New footage recorded by the passenger shows his miraculous survival, with Rakhimov seen walking around the plane's wreckage in Kazakhstan.
