Agencies Astana 

Kazakhstan's government told Euronews that it has decided to send the downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight recorders to Brazil for the full and transparent disclosure of the tragedy.

Kazakhstan has decided to send the downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight recorders to Brazil, Kazakhstan's government sources told Euronews in a statement, in a move which indicates the country's will for full and transparent disclosure of the tragedy.

In the statement, the government in Astana says it made the decision as the Azal aircraft was manufactured in Brazil and comes after "after consultations with Azerbaijan and Russia".

"In accordance with the standards of Annex 13 of the Chicago Convention, the state conducting the investigation ensures the reading of flight recorders and decides on the selection of a country to read and decode the black boxes," the statement said, adding that Kazakhstan is a member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).”

The decision indicates that Kazakhstan is in line with Azerbaijan's demand for a transparent investigation into the circumstances in which Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crashed as it attempted to make an emergency landing near Aktau on Wednesday.

Azerbaijan says the aircraft was hit by a Russian surface to air missile over Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, then ordered to fly across the Caspian Sea after it was denied an emergency landing at two Russian airports nearby.

Hours before Kazakhstan announced its decision, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said the airliner was hit by fire from the ground over Russia and "rendered uncontrollable by electronic warfare."