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Azerbaijani embassy in Pakistan: We are waiting for new instructions from Baku

22 July 2011 13:16 (UTC +04:00)

Speaking about the steps that can be taken after the members of the commission investigating the crash of the Azerbaijani plane in Afghanistan return to Baku, diplomat said they would continue direct contacts with Afghanistanâ€™s embassy in Islamabad and central Afghan government in Kabul.

Chingiz Garibli said the embassy was waiting for new instructions from Baku.
â€œAccording to the new instructions, attempts will be taken to take the bodies from the crash site and the plan will be known,â€ he said.

As regards Azerbaijanâ€™s notes sent to the Afghan government and ISAF, diplomat said they had not received replies yet.

Chingiz Garibli said the flight recorder of the plane would be read at the Moscow laboratory of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

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.