So far, only the fact has been officially established that on September 12, during the Sochi-Omsk flight, the plane made an emergency landing for technical reasons, as stated in the case materials: “in an open area in the Ubinsky district of the Novosibirsk region.” No one on board was injured.
Today, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, tasked the head of the Interregional Transport Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee, Alexey Alexandrov, to present a report on the progress of the investigation of the criminal case and the established results. circumstances.
“Rossiyskaya Gazeta” turned to the Interregional Transport Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia with the question of what the investigators managed to do.
According to the department, an inspection of the incident site has already been carried out and flight data recording units, as well as samples of fuel and technical fluids, have been confiscated. All necessary forensic examinations have also been scheduled. Witnesses are being questioned.
The department said in a standard sentence without additional details that “they are carrying out a series of investigative actions aimed at establishing the full circumstances of the incident.”
“More experienced forensic investigators and investigators from the Eastern Interregional Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia, who have extensive knowledge in the field of aviation, are involved in the investigation of the criminal case,” said the senior assistant to the head of the Eastern Interregional Investigation. The department of the Investigative Committee of Russia (for information interaction with the public and media) told RG correspondent Natalya Kharchenko.