Investigators finish work at Boeing crash site at Kazan airport
MOSCOW. Nov 21 (Interfax) - Investigators have finished their work at the site of a Boeing 737-500 crash at the Kazan airport.
"The work at the crash site has been completed. The head of the Investigative Committee's Main Investigations Department and the chief of the Volga transit investigative department directed the investigation and coordinated the work of all special support services round-the-clock for four days under the Investigative Committee chief's instructions," Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told Interfax.
Journalists permitted to visit the crash scene on Thursday. Relatives of the crash victims could visit the site in the near future, he said.
Markin pointed out that the Investigative Committee's Main Investigations Department is continuing an investigation into a criminal case on charges of " safety violation during an air transport operation that led to the deaths of two or more people through negligence" following the Boeing's crash in Kazan.
The team working at the scene included more than 1,000 people. "Interaction between all services and agencies was well-coordinated and efficient, and the investigative work at the scene of the crash continued round-the-clock with small breaks for sleep and meals," Markin said.
Investigators are continuing the investigation in order to determine all circumstances surrounding the accident, he said.
"Technical analyses will be ordered in the near future, which should provide a definitive answer regarding the causes of the tragedy," he said.
To speed up identification procedures, approximately 500 DNA studies will be conducted in Moscow, he said.