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Adil Gasimov: It is impossible to say whether the remains of all nine crew members of Afghanistan-crashed Azerbaijani plane have been found

23 July 2011 08:55 (UTC +04:00)

According to him, the measures are being taken to bring the remains to Azerbaijan.
â€œPaperwork is being done to bring the bodies to Baku. The bodies are unrecognizable. After the remains are brought to Baku, DNA examination will be conducted. According to the results of the examination, the bodies will be handed over to their families. The bodies, which will be impossible to identify, will be considered missing. Therefore, now it is difficult to say whether the found remains belong to the nine crew members or not. One must wait for the results of the examination,â€ he said.

The third secretary of Azerbaijani embassy in Pakistan and Afghanistan Chingiz Garibli told APA that the paperwork was being done to send the remains to Azerbaijan.
â€œWe are trying to complete the paperwork and send the bodies to Baku in the short run,â€ he said.

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.