IAC has no theory of plane crash near Bishkek as of yet - Kyrgyz Transport Ministry
BISHKEK. Jan 18 (Interfax) - Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) officers have no tentative theories of the Boeing 747-400 cargo plane's crash on a residential area near Manas Airport in Kyrgyzstan in the morning of January 16.
"IAC representatives do not have any preliminary theories of the Boeing crash. Perhaps, additional information will be provided after the relevant work is done by the end of the day," a representative of the Kyrgyz Transport and Communications Ministry told Interfax on Wednesday.
"Six IAC officers are working on the scene of the cargo plane's crash," he said.
"Commission members have been divided into three groups. The first group is working on the accident scene, the second is interacting with representatives of Manas International Airport, and the third is working together with the Kyrgyz Transport and Communications Ministry's Kyrgyzaeronavigatsiya state enterprise," he said.
"The other black box, which had been recently found by Emergency Situations Ministry employees, was handed over to the IAC officers," he said.
Kyrgyz Emergency Situations Minister Kubatbek Boronov told Interfax earlier that "these planes have two black boxes. One of them was found yesterday and the second today."
A spokesman for the Kyrgyz government told Interfax on Tuesday that the other flight data recorder had been found. The report was later called erroneous, and the discovery of just one black box was confirmed. The object found on the crash day appeared to be not a flight data recorder but "a piece of plane gear, which looked like a black box," the spokesman said. The condition of the found flight data recorders is not disclosed.
A Turkish Boeing 747-400 cargo plane crashed while landing in the vicinity of Bishkek Manas Airport on January 16. It fell on a residential area. According to the latest reports, 38 people, including four crewmembers - Turkish citizens - were killed in the crash. Most of the victims were people on the ground.