Questions were being asked Thursday about the cause of an airliner crash in Kazakhstan the day before, as Azerbaijan held a day of mourning for the dozens of victims of the disaster. The reasons that Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 came down are still unknown.

An Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny when it crashed, killing 38 people onboard.

The flight was en route from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Grozny, in Russia’s south, when it diverted and attempted an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.