Brazilian Air Force completes decoding of the black boxes of the airplane that crashed in Aktau

Decoding of the black boxes of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane has been completed by employees of the Brazilian Air Force's Air Accident Investigation and Information Center. This was reported by Trend news agency on January 7, citing sources in the agency.

"The process of extraction, collection and verification of data from both black boxes has been completed," the report said.

It is also noted that the center has already sent the results of the investigation to the relevant authorities of Kazakhstan.

The pressure of altitude: what led to the crash of a passenger plane in Kazakhstan

At least 32 people survived the crash, all of whom were in the tail section of the

A passenger plane of AZAL Airlines, heading on the route Baku - Grozny, crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25. The Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan called the preliminary cause of the crash outside interference. A criminal case was opened after the accident. Kazakhstan attracted 17 international experts to investigate the crash.

According to the airline's list, 62 passengers and five crew members were on board. A total of 38 bodies were found at the crash site. Of the crew, three people survived. Seven Russians died in the airplane crash, nine Russian citizens survived. Later, a special airplane of the Russian Emergencies Ministry took them to Moscow.

The commission to investigate the air accident flew to Brazil with the black boxes on December 29. It was specified that together with CENIPA investigators, nine foreign technical experts will take part in the decoding: three from Kazakhstan, three from Azerbaijan and three from Russia. The preliminary results of the investigation of the plane crash will be made public within 30 days.