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The next meeting of commission, which investigates the reasons of Azerbaijani planeâ€™s crash in Afghanistan held in Kabul, finished without result

19 July 2011 14:06 (UTC +04:00)

According to him, several issues were in the spot at the meeting attended by Azerbaijani authorized officials, Afghan and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) representatives: â€œCertainly, the main discussions were held on the taking the bodies of Azerbaijani crew members from the crash scene. But official Kabul and international coalition forces, which control the region of crash scene, hadnâ€™t promised to take the bodiesâ€

The contacts will be restored within the next few days.

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.