CRASHED AN-140 BLACK BOX FOUND
It was discovered in the plane’s tail sunk 50 m off the Caspian shore, and will be sent to one of foreign countries for decoding.
The Azerbaijan Airline’s AN-140 fell off radar screen a few minutes after taking off from Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport for Aktau, Kazakhstan. The wreckage was found hours later on the sea coast 30 m from Baku.
On the same day, the President of Azerbaijan ordered on setting up a State Commission to investigate the crash.
A group of Ukrainian specialists including representatives of the country’s State Aviation Service, the Antonov Aviation Scientific Technical Complex, Kharkov aircraft factory and Zaporojye aircraft engine manufacturer Motor-Sich.arrived in Baku to join the investigation.
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