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Names of 5 Azerbaijan citizens dead in crashed plane in Afghanistan made public - LIST

Names of 5 Azerbaijan citizens dead in crashed plane in Afghanistan made public - <font color=red>LIST</font>

06 July 2011 11:25 (UTC +04:00)

According to Silk Wayâ€™s adviser on quality Adil Gasimov, the crew team consisted of 9 persons. These are following:

1. Captain Sergei Kuzmin (born in 1969)
2. Second pilot Oleg Marshikhin (1979)
3. Navigating Officer Igor Chzhen (1966)
4. Aircraft side engineer Vladimir Shatobin (1969)
5. Aircraft side-communicator Axmedjan Khacayev (1955)
6. Aircraft side operator Elnur Mahmudov (1981)
7. Aircraft side operator TapdÄ±q Gahramanov (1964)
8. Aeromechanic Afgan Rahimov (1980)
9. Aeromechanic Mehman Huseynov (1962)

Oleg Marshikhin was also citizen of Azerbaijan.

A. Gasimov noted that, the load lifting capacity of the plane was 40-50 tons and there were 18 tons of cargo.

According to him, a commission was established for investigation of causes of accident consisting of specialists of State Civil Aviation Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Silk Way: â€œCommission contacts with Afghanistanâ€™s official structures and coalition forces to get informationâ€. They are planned to visit the site.

The official noted that, additional information would be made public and did not express opinion about Taliban forces.

Note that, representative of Taliban movement Zabibullah Mujahid told Afghan mass media that, Azerbaijanâ€™s plane was shot down by Taliban. Information was spread by Fars Agency.