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Chips from downed Russian Su-24 recorder slightly damaged

18 December 2015 09:52 (UTC +04:00)

Russian Su-24 flight recorder had been placed in a tail of the jet and was damaged due to Turkish F-16 missile strike, according to the Russian Aerospace forces.

“The memory module located in the protective casing consists of an array of 16 chips, which are soldered into the unit”, Col. Andrei Semenov, head of the Russian military’s information and analytic department on flight safety, said during a briefing as the flight recorder was opened before international observers and journalists.

Out of first 8 chips, 3 have been damaged and even torn apart. These chips are likely not to have any information on them. The test will be carried out in the lab.

Russia has invited specialists from 14 countries for deciphering of Su-24 bomber flight recorders, but only China, Great Britain agreed, according to the Russian Aerospace Forces.