BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 25. On the
anniversary of the crash of an plane operated by Azerbaijan
Airways (AZAL) on the Baku-Grozny route close to the town of Aktau,
the graves of the fallen crew members have been visited on the Second
Alley of Honor, Pattern experiences.
Minister of Digital Improvement and Transport Rashad Nabiyev,
AZAL President Samir Rzayev, AZAL staff, and members of the family of
the victims paid tribute on the graves of Nationwide Heroes Hokuma
Aliyeva, Igor Kshnyakin, and Aleksandr Kalyaninov, honoring their
reminiscence and repair.
To recall, on December 25, 2024, an Embraer 190-100 IGW
passenger plane, registered within the state register beneath quantity
4K-AZ65 and owned by Azerbaijan Airways CJSC (AZAL), crashed in
the Republic of Kazakhstan close to Aktau Airport whereas performing
common flight J2-8243 from Baku (Republic of Azerbaijan) to Grozny
(Russian Federation). Two crew members (the captain and co-pilot),
the senior flight attendant, and 35 passengers have been misplaced within the
crash.
The preliminary report revealed by the Ministry of Transport of
Kazakhstan confirms the next details:
1. The Embraer 190-100 IGW passenger plane, registered beneath
the quantity 4K-AZ65 and owned by Azerbaijan Airways CJSC (AZAL),
working an everyday flight J2-8243 from Baku, Republic of
Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Russian Federation, has been in a totally
operational situation because the begin of the flight on the path to
Grozny and is in good situation for flights. These knowledge on the
airworthiness of the plane, together with the operation of its
management techniques, have been confirmed utilizing FDR knowledge.
2. Each engines of the plane have been working with out technical
issues till the second of the accident. This info can also be
confirmed by FDR knowledge.
3. Throughout the flight within the airspace of the Russian Federation,
together with over Grozny Airport, the plane misplaced GPS indicators.
4. As a consequence of antagonistic climate circumstances over Grozny, the plane
was unable to make a second strategy for touchdown, after which the
captain determined to return to Baku. After this choice was made
over Grozny, two exterior sounds have been recorded on the CVR at
24-second intervals.
5. A comparability of CVR and FDR knowledge confirmed that 4 seconds after
the primary exterior sound, the third hydraulic system failed; 6
seconds later, the primary hydraulic system failed; and 21 seconds
later, the second hydraulic system failed.
6. Quite a few blunt and penetrating damages to the fuselage have been
discovered and recorded in pictures and video recordings. This injury
was discovered within the rear of the fuselage, the overwhelming majority of which
was on the vertical and horizontal stabilizers, in addition to the left
wing and left engine.
7. Data was supplied that the injury discovered within the
plane fuselage was attributable to exterior objects. The preliminary
report doesn’t include any info indicating that the
plane collided with birds.
8. International objects not belonging to the plane, discovered within the
blind injury to the fuselage, have been eliminated; their pictures are
offered to the general public within the preliminary report. To precisely
decide the origin of the overseas objects discovered, extra
examinations are deliberate sooner or later.
9. At 05:13:32, the plane’s primary management techniques failed; at
05:21:42, the liaison officer reported to Grozny that Operation
Carpet was underway.
10. No info indicating an oxygen cylinder explosion has
been supplied.
Beneath the necessities of the ICAO Chicago Conference, a last
report on the causes of the crash have to be ready inside one yr
of the incident, following the preliminary report.
Notably, by the decree of the President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, dated December 29, 2024, the title of
“Nationwide Hero of Azerbaijan” has been posthumously awarded to crew
members Igor Kshnyakin, Alexander Kalyaninov, and Hokuma Aliyeva,
who demonstrated excessive professionalism, bravery, and dedication in
fulfilling their duties and saving passengers’ lives in the course of the
incident involving the Embraer 190 passenger plane of Azerbaijan
Airways Closed Joint Inventory Firm en route from Baku to
Grozny.
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