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Commission members for investigation of crashed Azerbaijanâ€™s plane are already in Afghanistan

07 July 2011 08:53 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA-Economics. The commission members for investigation of crashed Azerbaijanâ€™s plane have already arrived in Afghanistan said the Silk Wayâ€™s manager for quality Adil Gasimov.

According to him, commission members have arrived in Afghanistanâ€™s Bagram airport at 06:30 (Baku time), today.

The commission members include the representatives of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and international coalition forces in Afghanistan: â€œRepresentatives of Silk Way company are also attend in this commission. Commission members are expected to visit the site by the plane of IFASâ€.

According to State Civil Aviation Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a meeting of commission is being held in Bagram for investigation of the accident. The chairman of commission from Azerbaijani side is AZAL vice-president Ilham Amirov.

Note that, 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.