(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 29. The AZAL
(Azerbaijan Airlines) plane involved in the crash near Aktau was
subjected to external impact, said Ilham Amirov, the Vice President
of AZAL, Trend reports.
He made the remark during the farewell ceremony for the three
crew members-pilots Igor Kshnyakin, Alexander Kalyaninov, and
flight attendant Hokuma Aliyeva, who died in the crash-at Heydar
Aliyev International Airport.
"A technical investigation commission has been established in
Kazakhstan following international standards.
The aircraft's control systems have not yet been examined. The
commission is actively working on this issue.
The information obtained from the testimony of the surviving
crew members and passengers, as well as from the inspection of the
plane crash site, provides us with clear grounds to state that the
AZAL aircraft was subjected to external influence.
As a result, the plane was severely damaged, and the main
control systems of the aircraft failed.
In such a difficult situation, our pilots, crew members, and
flight attendants demonstrated composure, selflessness, and high
professionalism," he added.
On December 25, a passenger plane, an Embraer 190, belonging to
AZAL, flying on the Baku-Grozny route, crashed 3 kilometers from
Aktau airport.
A total of 67 people (62 passengers and 5 crew members) were on
board the plane.
On December 26, 14 victims and the bodies of four dead were
taken to Azerbaijan.
On December 28, the bodies of the three crew members-pilots Igor
Kshnyakin and Alexander Kalyaninov and flight attendant Hokuma
Aliyeva-along with the remains of 21 passengers, were transported
back to Azerbaijan.
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