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The investigating group of the East Siberian Transport Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee continues examining the crash scene during the investigation of the criminal case launched over December 26, 2013, An-12 cargo plane crash in the suburbs of Irkutsk as containing signs of the crime under part 3 of article 263 of the RF Penal Code (violation of rules for safety air traffic safety entailing death of two or more people by negligence).

9 dead bodies have been found at the scene, 5 of them have been identified by the victims’ relatives – 2 crew members and 3 aircraft technicians.

Investigators are confiscating from the IRKUT scientific production corporation flight documents, pilots’ log books, samples of the fuel, the plane had been filled with before flying. They are also questioning the workers of Irkutsk aircraft factory involved in organization of the flight and its filling. The investigators have got the information on the people who might have been aboard the plane at the moment of the crash – six members of crew and three aircraft technicians. The black boxes have been found.

The investigators are looking at the pilot’s mistake, technical failure of the plane and bad weather conditions as the main versions of the crash.

Head of Media Relations                                                                                                     V.I. Markin