The victims of the AN-12 aircraft that crashed while taking off at the Afghan Dwyer airport May 18, have been identified.The aircraft crashed at 14:30 (UTC/GMT +4 hours), Azerbaijan`s civil aviation administration told AzVision.az.
A cargo plane of Azerbaijani Silk Way company crashed in Afghanistan, killing seven out of nine people on board.
An-12 cargo plane, rented from Silk Way for cargo shipping purposes, crashed in the province of Helmand, Afghanistan, while it was taking off from Dwyer Airport at 14.30 Baku time. There were an Uzbek (captain), three Ukrainian and five Azerbaijani citizens on board. 7 of 9 people on board were killed." the administration said.
1. Shaydanov Rashid Rahmanovic (Uzbek), captain, 1953
2. Abdullayev Altay Ogtay (Azerbaijani), second pilot, 1971
3. Asadullayev Nazim Orujali (Azerbaijani), navigator, 1968
4. Rzayev Nadir Adıgozel (Azerbaijani), flight engineer, 1964
5. Shahverdiyev Firdovsi Shir (Azerbaijani), radio-operator, 1964
6. Zulfiyev Azer Aghakishi (Azerbaijani), board operator, 1973
7. Zadnipryanets Ruslan Vladimirovic (Ukrainian ), technical, 1969
8. Ganja Andrey Nikolaevic (Ukrainian ), technical, 1955
9. Aliyev Ramzi Mamudovic (Ukrainian ), technical, 1963.
Two Ukrainian citizens - Ganja Andrey and Aliyev Ramzi have survived the crash of Azerbaijan`s Silk Way freight plane in Afghanistan. They are in serious condition, the Russian daily Moskovsky Komsomolets said.
Azerbaijan State Civil Aviation Administration established a commission to investigate the incident. The members of commission will arrive in the scene on May 19 for further investigations.
Official statement by Azerbaijan`s civil aviation administration: 7 killed
19 May 2016
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