Special commission heads to Afghanistan to investigate Il-76 crash site

A special commission will fly to Afghanistan this at 3.30 this night to investigate the Azerbaijani Il-76 crash in Afghanistan, advisor of the head of Silk Ways Airlines Adyl Gasymov said, Trend reports.

Communication with the plane broke at 00.10 on July 6, not far from the Bagram airport. A flash on the plane was registered 25 km from the airport of Kabul at an altitude of 4km. It may have hit an object in the air.

The plane was carrying 18 tons of cargo on Baku-Bagram route. It flew from the Heydar Aliyev Airport.

The Azerbaijani Administration of Civil Aviation and Silk Way had been formed a special commission to investigate the case, adviser of the Silk Way Airlines head Adyl Gasymov said.

The flight recorders of the Il-76 plane of Silk Ways Airlines that crashed in Afghanistan have been found.
Governor of Parvan Province Bashar Salangi said that the fire at the crash side made identification of bodies impossible.

The crew consisted of Azerbaijani and Uzbek pilots.

The plane was freighted by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. It crashed at the Siyakh Gerd village of Kurband County.