Even after the release of the preliminary report of the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan on the crash of the "Azerbaijan Airlines" plane on December 25 last year, the Russian side does not stop its prejudiced approach to the incident, APA reports.
The preliminary report shows that the Embraer 190-100 IGW passenger plane belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC and registered in the state register with the number 4K-AZ65, which was operating a regular flight from Baku to Grozny on flight J2-8243, lost GPS signals in the airspace of the Russian Federation, also experiencing the same failure above Grozny Airport.
The report says that due to adverse weather conditions the aircraft unsuccessfully attempted to land in Grozny two times, and then the captain decided to return to Baku. Following this decision, the (CVR) recorded two external noises, occurring with 24 seconds interval, over Grozny.
Analysis of the CVR and FDR data showed that, 4 seconds after the first external noise the 3rd hydraulic system failed, followed by the failure of the 1st hydraulic system 6 seconds later, and the 2nd hydraulic system 21 seconds later.
Numerous through and blind damages were found on the fuselage, photos and video recordings were taken. The number of such damages were particularly high in the AFT part of the aircraft, including the vertical and horizontal stabilizers. Moreover, some of them were found in the left wing, and the left engine.
It was recorded that the damages in the fuselage were caused by foreign objects. No evidence of a bird strike was noted in the preliminary report.
Foreign objects that did not belong to the aircraft structure were discovered in the wreckage damages, and photos of these objects were made available to the public in the preliminary report.
Additional expert examinations will be carried out to determine the exact origin of these objects.
At 05:13:32 the aircraft lost primary flight controls, at 05:21:42 the coordinating air traffic controller conveyed to Grozny ATC the information on “Kovyor” special operation.
No information relating to an explosion of the oxygencylinders is included in the report.
Photographs, audio transcripts, and digital recordings confirming facts listed above are provided in the preliminary report text.
Our purpose in providing these excerpts from the report is to remind the Russian side of its responsibility once again. Thus, after the report was released yesterday, relevant Russian agencies, especially “Rosaviasia”, made groundless statements to evade responsibility. The Russian press is not far behind in this matter.
It is obvious that the Russian side wants to cover up the issue and shift the responsibility onto the flight crew. This can be clearly seen from the statements of official agencies, individuals, as well as from materials circulating on the Russian media.
