Azerbaijan's Digital Development and Transport Ministry Comments on Crashed Embraer 190 Investigation

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The Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan has issued a statement, reports Orda.kz, citing 1news.az.

The crashed Embraer 190 belonged to Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL).

The Ministry confirmed the following:

  • The aircraft, operating regular flight J2-8243 from Baku to Grozny, was in fully airworthy condition from the start of the flight
  • Both engines were operating without technical issues until the incident
  • While in Russian Federation airspace, including over Grozny airport, the aircraft lost GPS signals
  • Due to poor weather over Grozny, the aircraft could not make a second landing approach, after which the captain decided to return to Baku
  • After this decision was made over Grozny, the CVR recorded two external sounds with a 24-second interval
  • Four seconds after the first external sound, the third hydraulic system failed, after six seconds - the first hydraulic system failed, and after 21 seconds - the second hydraulic system failed
  • Numerous blind and through damages were found in the fuselage
  • The vast majority of damage in the rear fuselage is located on the vertical and horizontal stabilizers, as well as the left wing and left engine
  • The fuselage damage was caused by external objects
  • The report contains no information about any facts indicating a bird strike
  • Foreign objects not belonging to the aircraft were extracted
  • Their photographs have been presented to the public
  • Additional examinations will be conducted to determine their origin precisely
  • At 05:13:32, the central control systems failed; at 05:21:42, the interaction controller reported to Grozny about the "Carpet (Kavyor)" operation
  • The report contains no information about an oxygen tank explosion

Original Author: Raushan Korzhumbekova

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