"Black box" of Azerbaijani plane crashed in Afghanistan sent to Moscow for decoding

The Afghan side sent the flight recorder ("black box") of the IL-76 plane of the Azerbaijani Silk Way Air Company, crashed in Afghanistan in the night of July 6, to the Interstate Aviation Committee (Moscow) for decoding, an informed source said.

Earlier, the Afghan side announced the discovery of one of the two flight data recorders (black boxes) of the Azerbaijani plane. This device records what occurs during the flight. Data obtained after the decoding can reveal more information about the possible causes of the crash.

According to international conventions, the country where the incident occurs must carry out investigations about the accident. In this case, Afghanistan will investigate the crash. Azerbaijan sent a proposal to transfer the "black box" to the Interstate Aviation Committee in Moscow, where necessary equipment and expertise is available to decrypt the data. The aircraft was also manufactured in Russia.

Now the forensic medical examination of the remains of dead crew members is also conducted. Presumably, the examination results will be announced in mid August.

Five members of the nine-person crew on the Silk Way Company cargo aircraft were Azerbaijani citizens. The other victims were Uzbek citizens. All crew members of the cargo aircraft were killed.

Nine crew members and a total of 18 tons of cargo were onboard the plane which was en route from Baku to Bagram. The plane picked up its cargo at the Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport and took off at 21:26 (local time).

The plane was built in 2005 with a carrying capacity of 40 tons and passed a full inspection in February 2011. It passed the subsequent inspection in June 2011.

The Azerbaijani commission investigating the causes of the Azerbaijani plane crash in Afghanistan stated that among the primary explanations for the plane crash is that the "Taliban shot down it".

"The version that the Taliban shot down the Azerbaijani cargo plane in Afghanistan is one of the primary theories," Amirov earlier said at a news conference.


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