Russian investigators have succeeded in retrieving information from both flight-recorders on board the Aeroflot-Nord Boeing 737-500 which crashed in Perm four days ago.
The Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) states that it has been able to read the cockpit-voice and flight-data tapes despite their suffering serious damage during the accident.
"Records of the emergency flight are available on both recorders," it says. MAK adds that it will begin work on decoding the information.
None of the 88 passengers and crew survived when the aircraft, while conducting a service from Moscow Sheremetyevo, crashed during an attempt to land at Perm Bolshoye Savino Airport.
Russia's commission for disaster assistance vice-president Alexander Neradko insists the aircraft had sufficient fuel on board.
Only 5.5t is required for the Perm flight and the 737 was given 11.5t of fuel at Moscow, he says: "That's enough practically to return again to Sheremetyevo."
Weather conditions were within limits, he states, with visibility of 10km and a cloud base of 240m (800ft).
Initial information shows the aircraft was attempting an instrument landing system approach on a heading of 212°.
The crash site is located about 1.6nm (3km) to the left of the extended approach centerline to runway 21.
Specialists from Russia's security service FSB, says Neradko, have also concluded that there is no evidence of traces of explosives in the wreckage of the jet.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
Fonte: Flight Safety Information 18/09/2008.
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