Another victim of Azerbaijani plane crash recognized

  26 May 2016    Read: 1336
Another victim of Azerbaijani plane crash recognized
The body of the Ukrainian crew member, who was killed after an An-12 cargo plane owned by Azerbaijan
The body was recognized as Zadnipryanets Ruslan Vladimirovich. His body will be handed over to his family.

So far, the bodies of three Azerbaijani citizens, including Nadir Rzayev, Firdovsi Shahverdiyev and Azer Zulfiyev were handed over to their families. Currently, three bodies (1 Uzbekistan citizen, 2 Azerbaijani citizens) are being kept at the Forensic Medical Examination and Pathological Anatomy Union. Experts have been appointed to identify the bodies and work is underway in this regard.

The aircraft of Azerbaijan’s Silk Way crashed while taking off at Afghanistan`s Dwyer airport May 18. There were nine crew members on board. 7 of them were killed.

The crew members on board are:

1. Rashid Shaydanov (Uzbek citizen), pilot

2. Altay Abdullayev (Azerbaijani citizen), co-pilot

3. Nazim Asadullayev (Azerbaijani citizen), navigator

4. Nadir Rzayev (Azerbaijani citizen), flight mechanic

5. Firdovsi Shahverdiyev (Azerbaijani citizen), radio operator

6. Azer Zulfiyev (Azerbaijani citizen), flight operator

7. Ruslan Zadnipryanets (Ukrainian citizen), technician

8. Andrey Ganzha (Ukrainian citizen), technician

9. Ramzi Aliyev (Ukrainian citizen), technician

According to the available information, Andrey Ganzha and Ramzi Aliyev survived the crash and their health condition is stable.

Azerbaijan`s State Civil Aviation Administration established a commission to investigate the incident.

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