Hokuma Aliyeva
{{Short description|Azerbaijani flight attendant (1991–2024)}}
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| birth_place = Susuzluq, Kalbajar District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
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| death_place = Aktau, Kazakhstan
| death_cause = Aircraft accident
| resting_place = II Alley of Honor, Baku, Azerbaijan
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Hokuma Jalil qizi Aliyeva ({{Langx|az|Hökumə Cəlil qızı Əliyeva}}; 8 August 1991 – 25 December 2024) was an Azerbaijani flight attendant who was recognised as a National Hero of Azerbaijan.
Early life and education
Hokuma Aliyeva was born on 8 August 1991, in Susuzluq, in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan SSR, USSR. In 1996 they moved to Russia, living in the Volgograd region for some time. Hokuma attended School No. 178 in the city from the 1st to the 6th grade. Later, her family moved to Ganja, Azerbaijan, where she continued her education. She graduated from Secondary School No. 30 named after V. Veyselov in Ganja and scored 612 points in university entrance exams, gaining admission to the Faculty of Law at Baku State University.{{Cite web |title=AZAL crash victim Hokuma Aliyeva's mother: |url=https://en.apa.az/social/azal-crash-victim-hokuma-aliyevas-mother-she-always-told-us-to-be-proud-of-her-456608 |access-date=29 December 2024 |website=Apa.az |language=en}}
Career
Hokuma Aliyeva pursued her education further in the master's and doctoral programs. According to her father, Jalil Aliyev, she was in the final year of her doctoral studies.{{Cite web |date=29 December 2024 |title=Father of deceased flight attendant Hokuma Aliyeva: 'Proud of my daughter' |url=https://report.az/en/domestic-politics/father-of-deceased-flight-attendant-hokuma-aliyeva-proud-of-my-daughter/ |access-date=29 December 2024 |website=Report News Agency |language=en}} In 2016, she started working as a translator for Azerbaijan Airlines. Later, she continued her career as a flight attendant, performing her duties with great diligence. In the following years, she planned to transition to practicing as a lawyer.
Death
File:Farewell ceremony for crew members who perished in J2-8243 plane crash.jpg (Aliyeva's coffin is on the right)]]
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Aliyeva was one of the crew members who were killed in the plane crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 on 25 December 2024. She was 33. Aliyeva was serving as a flight attendant on the AZAL aircraft that crashed near Aktau International Airport, Aktau, Kazakhstan.{{Cite web |last=Bagirova |first=Naila |date=26 December 2024 |title=Russian air-defense system downed Azerbaijan plane, sources say |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/azerbaijan-airlines-flight-was-downed-by-russian-air-defence-system-four-sources-2024-12-26/ |website=Reuters.com}}{{Cite web |last=Fouda |first=Malek |date=25 December 2024 |title=Russian air defence missile incident emerges as likely cause of Azerbaijan Airlines crash |url=https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/25/azerbaijani-passenger-plane-crashes-near-kazakh-city-of-aktau |access-date=29 December 2024 |website=www.euronews.com}} Aliyeva spent her final moments calming passengers.{{Cite web |last=Barabas |first=Peter |title=As more details over Azerbaijan Airlines crash emerge, pilots and crew are hailed as heroes |url=https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/26/as-more-details-over-azerbaijan-airlines-crash-emerge-captain-and-crew-are-hailed-as-heroe |access-date=29 December 2024 |website=www.euronews.com}} Hokuma Aliyeva was buried on 29 December 2024, at the II Alley of Honor.{{Cite web |date=29 December 2024 |title=Crew members who died in plane crash buried in 2nd Alley of Honor |url=https://report.az/en/domestic-politics/funeral-ceremony-begins-for-deceased-azal-crew-members/ |access-date=29 December 2024 |website=Report News Agency |language=en}}
Awards
On 29 December 2024, by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Hokuma Aliyeva was posthumously awarded the title of "National Hero of Azerbaijan".{{Cite web |date=29 December 2024 |title=Təyyarə qəzasında həlak olan ekipaj üzvlərinə Azərbaycanın Milli Qəhrəmanı adı verilib |url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/teyyare-qezasinda-helak-olan-ekipaj-uzvlerine-azerbaycanin-milli-qehremani-adi-verilib/ |access-date=29 December 2024 |website=Report İnformasiya Agentliyi |language=az |trans-title=Crew members killed in plane crash awarded National Heroes of Azerbaijan}}{{cite news |author= |date=29 December 2024 |title="Azərbaycan Hava Yolları" Qapalı Səhmdar Cəmiyyətinə məxsus "Embraer 190" tipli sərnişin təyyarəsi Bakı–Qroznı (Rusiya Federasiyası) reysini yerinə yetirərkən baş vermiş qəza zamanı yüksək peşəkarlıq və şücaət göstərmiş şəxslərin təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı |url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/67819 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229152517/https://president.az/az/articles/view/67819 |archivedate=29 December 2024 |accessdate=29 December 2024 |newspaper= |language=az |trans-title=Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on awarding persons who demonstrated high professionalism and bravery during the accident that occurred when the Embraer 190 passenger aircraft belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC was performing the Baku-Grozny (Russian Federation) flight}}
See also
- Igor Kshnyakin, pilot who died in the same accident
- Aleksandr Kalyaninov, pilot who died in the same accident