The Kogalymavia company has full confidence in the technical condition of the aircraft and the professional qualifications of its pilots, spokeswoman of the company Svetlana Yakovleva told Vestnik Kavkaza on the sidelines of a press conference dedicated to the crash of the Airbus A321 plane in the Sinai Peninsula.
"We rule out a technical fault or human error," she said.
"We are not guessing, because a government commission is working, there will be decoding of black boxes, and the commission will announce the cause of the disaster," she explained.
Yakovleva also refused to answer the question of how the company views the version of a terrorist attack. "We are waiting for the results of the government commission," she said.
"All our passengers are insured. All payments will be made in accordance with our legislation and the insurance contract. Also, the airline will take a direct part in helping the families and relatives of the victims," the spokeswoman added.
The press conference was also attended by the Deputy Director General of Kogalymavia, Alexander Smirnov, a spokesman of the TH&C holding company, Oksana Golovina, and the Deputy Director General for Engineering Support, Andrei Averyanov.
According to Alexander Smirnov, engine failure or waiver system failure cannot lead to destruction of the aircraft in the air. "Airbus is a very reliable aircraft. The only possible explanation could be an external impact on the airplane," he stressed.
"The plane slowed more than 300 kilometers an hour in less than a minute. A plane cannot fly in this regime and the crew completely lost working ability. That is the explanation for the fact that no attempts were made to make contact," the Deputy Director General for Engineering Support said.
Thus, the company isn't considering the version of technical failure or pilot error, but Smirnov urged not to construct a preliminary guess. "It could be anything. Let's wait for the official results of the investigation," he said.
Representatives of the airline told why they exclude human and technical factors.
Andrei Averyanov said that the Russian airliner had passed all the necessary tests and the technical condition of the plane was good. Smirnov added that the repair in 2001 could not have been a factor in the crash. "Airbus has developed a technology which allows the aircraft to fly up to the final period of operation," he said.
There are arguments against the release of metal fatigue. "Work on assessing fatigue cracks is conducted on planes once every six years, and a more detailed examination is made every 12 years. We conducted such work in March 2014," the deputy director of the organization of flight operations said.
Smirnov denied information that before the flight the crew complained to Egyptian technicians. "There were no problems with the aircraft. There were no comments in the logbook. The plane took off exactly on schedule and it means that the crew was not taking any actions or procedures different from the standard ones," he stressed.
"The airline had experienced no financial problems which could have influenced flight safety," Oksana Golovina added.
Representatives of Kogalymavia confirmed that the relatives of the victims will receive compensation.
