Special commission of Azerbaijan Civil Aviation on scene of incident
By Nigar Abbasova
The special commission of Azerbaijan Civil Aviation’s Administration to investigate the circumstances causing the crash of Azerbaijan's Silk Way airline aircraft is on the scene of incident. Members of the commission led by Chairman Mukhtar Kerimov left for the Dwyer airport in May 19.
The commission studies the incident details and deals with the question of delivery of dead bodies to Azerbaijan. The investigation is held jointly with representatives of Afghanistan's Civil Aviation.
The An-12 cargo plane, rented from Silk Way for cargo shipping purposes, crashed in Afghanistan killing seven of its nine crew members. The rented aircraft was managed by international crew. Among those on board were Uzbekistan national (captain), three Ukrainian and five Azerbaijani nationals.
Azerbaijan State Aviation Administration has already released a statement on a crash that happened in Afghanistan.
Silk Way Airlines is a cargo airline with its head office and flight operations at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku. It operates freight services linking Europe and Asia, as well as services for government and non-governmental organisations.
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