Russia Deepens Investigation into Azerbaijan Airlines Crash

The Russian Investigative Committee announced yesterday that it's broadening its probe into the Embraer-E190 crash in Kazakhstan, Orda reports.

A comprehensive commission organizational and technical forensic examination has been appointed.

Investigators are working closely with the Interstate Aviation Committee to analyze flight recorder data obtained from Brazil's SENIPA (Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aviation Accidents).

Svetlana Petrenko, speaking for the Investigative Committee, confirmed that experts are examining communications between the aircraft's commander and air traffic controllers in Grozny, Makhachkala, and Mineralnye Vody.

The conversations between the Grozny, Makhachkala, and Mineralnye Vody dispatchers and the aircraft commander are being analyzed. The condition of all aircraft systems, as well as material evidence, are being studied. A comprehensive commission organizational and technical forensic examination has been appointed to assess the actions of dispatch service officials, the air traffic management system, and the air defense system. The investigation is working through all possible versions of the causes of the tragedy, the official statement says.

Original Author: Oksana Matvienko