Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, for a “tragic incident” which happened in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed on Wednesday.Putin called Aliyev as speculation grew that Russian air defense may have accidentally shot down the plane, which crashed in western Kazakhstan, killing 38 people, earlier this week.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The Russian leader did not claim responsibility for the crash, while apologizing to Aliyev that the incident took place in Russian airspace.“(President) Vladimir Putin apologized for the tragic incident that occurred in Russian airspace and once again expressed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured,” the Kremlin said in a statement.Putin told Aliyev that Russian air defense was active when the Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land