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Embassy: The commission investigating the causes of the Azerbaijani planeâ€™s crash in Afghanistan could not visit the site of crash

09 July 2011 09:11 (UTC +04:00)

Garibli said the helicopter carrying the expert group took off from Kabul yesterday to visit the site of crash. The experts, who traveled a part of the road by car, were not allowed to walk the rest of the way.
â€œAs operation was being carried out at the site, they were advised to wait. The members of the commission plan to visit the site today,â€ he said.

The diplomat said the aim of the commission members is to bring the remainder of the bodies to the motherland.
â€œThey want to do it in the short run,â€ he said.

Garibli added that technical, ballistic and medical examinations must be carried out in order to determine the causes of the crash.

The commission set up for investigation of accident took place in Afghanistan is represented by the representatives of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and IFAS. There are representatives of Silk Way avia company inside the commission too. Vice-president of AZAL Ilham Amirov leads the commission on the Azerbaijani side.

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 Azerbaijanâ€™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.

Ä°l-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 â€“ Uzbekistan.