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Flight recorder of Afghanistan-crashed Azerbaijani plane being read

18 August 2011 08:50 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Hafiz Heydarov â€“ APA. The flight recorder of the Azerbaijani plane crashed in Afghanistan is being read in Moscow, advisor of director of Sillk Way aviation company, Azerbaijani member of the commission set up to investigate the causes of the crash, Adil Gasimov told APA. He said the Azerbaijani members of the commission set up to investigate the causes of the crash are also participating in the reading of the flight recorder. Gasimov said he does not know when the results of the examination will be made public.

The results of the examination of the bodies of the crew members will be made public early in September.

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.