IAC revealed the first data from the black boxes of the half-century-old An-24 that crashed in the Amur Region

Specialists of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) have completed the initial analysis of the flight recorders from the An-24 aircraft that crashed on July 24 in the Amur Region. This was reported by the IAC press service on June 27.

According to the IAC, the magnetic tape with parametric information was destroyed by fire, but the voice recorder was preserved. Its decoding is ongoing. It has been preliminarily established that no system failures were recorded before the collision with the ground. The investigation into the causes of the disaster is ongoing.

The black boxes were delivered to Moscow on the evening of July 25. Rosaviatsia reported that some of the data would be deciphered next week.

The An-24 of the "Angara" airline was operating flight Khabarovsk - Blagoveshchensk - Tynda. Communication with the crew was lost after going around for a second approach when landing in Tynda. The wreckage was found 15 km from the airport. There were 48 people on board, including six crew members - no one survived.

Investigative authorities have opened a criminal case under the article on violation of air transport operation rules, resulting in the death of people. Among the main versions are technical malfunction and pilot error. Samples of fuel were seized at the Blagoveshchensk airport to check its quality.

The aircraft has been in operation since 1976. Investigators seized documentation related to the technical condition of the aircraft from the carrier's office.

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