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Members of commission, conducting investigation on plane crash in Afghanistan, returned to Azerbaijan

21 July 2011 09:30 (UTC +04:00)

According to him, though the Azerbaijani representatives attempted to take the bodies of crew members from the accident site, it failed because of certain reasons. The commission members will hold a press conference today at 16.00 in Baku, as well as inform about the conducted works and recent situation. Garibli said that though the commission members returned to Baku, the efforts to take the bodies and participation in the investigation â€œflight recorderâ€ will continue, this work will be carried out via our embassy in Islamabad: â€œWe will continue to focus our attention on this issueâ€.

According to the diplomat, the notes recently filed by Azerbaijani side to the Afghan government and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have not been responded yet. In these notes the Azerbaijani side asked for assistance to take the bodies and guarantee of participation in examination of â€œflight recorderâ€. Garibli does not agree with the reports that the Afghan side does not help the Azerbaijani officials and have indifferent attitude to the accident. â€œThe Afghan side attempts to render assistance, bit it is impossible to succeed alwaysâ€.

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.