Suspicious points occurred in connection with Azerbaijani plane crash in Afghanistan

Suspicious points occurred in connection with Azerbaijani plane crash in Afghanistan
# 16 September 2011 12:30 (UTC +04:00)
Baku. Ali Ahmadov - APA-ECONOMICS. Suspicious points occurred in the Azerbaijani plane crash in Afghanistan, head of the commission to investigate the crash, the vice-president of "Azerbaijan Airlines” (AZAL) Ilham Amirov said at today’s press conference.

To him, the investigation committee learned that the area of the crash is not consistent with previously provided route.

Amirov noted that information obtained after decoding the "black box" and information taken from the dispatch screen at Bagram airport, showed that the landing was made not on the route: “The plane was supposed to enter the airport from the east side, but flew into the south-west side. While flying from this direction is not implemented. Wreckage located at 40-45 km from the airport. We are suspicious that the accident took place not on the route location. Commission will investigate the reasons on it and other issues”.

Amirov added that one of the "black box" could not be found: “One of these boxes controls the activities of technical systems, and the other - records a conversation between the crew and with dispatch service on the ground. The second box was found and the data on the existing record is in Azerbaijan. Analysis of records showed that the aircraft deviated from the prescribed route. Investigations have shown that the likelihood of impact of external factors that led to the collapse of the aircraft is zero”.

On July 6, 2011, at about 00.10, while preparing to land in Bagram airport, the communication with IL-76 4K-AZ 55 belonging to Azerbaijan’s Silk Way aviation company suddenly broke off and its view disappeared in radars. According to statement made by Azerbaijan State Civil Aviation Administration, the aircraft collided with unknown object in the air. It is supposed that the aircraft collided with unknown object in the air. Earlier, a representative of the movement "Taliban" Zabibulla Modzhahid told Afghan media that Azerbaijani plane was shot down by Taliban.

The plane implementing the flight on Baku-Bagram route with 18 tons of cargo took off from Heydar Aliyev International Airport at 21.26 (local time of Baku), on July 5, 2011. Before this flight the plane flied on Kuwait-Baku route and no disorder was recorded during this flight.

İl-76 4K-AZ 55 aircraft was produced in 2005 and last time it passed tech inspection in February of 2011 and next time in June. All 9 members of crew team have been dead. 5 of them are the citizens of Azerbaijan, 4 – Uzbekistan. The remains of five other crew members were not found. Because, the remaining five crew members are announced missing.






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