MOSCOW. April 22 (Interfax-AVN) - The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has completed deciphering the data from the black box of the An-32B, which crashed near the Chisinau airport on April 11, the IAC said in a statement.
Records of the flight parameters, radio talks between the crew and the air traffic controller have been deciphered, the analysis is being carried out, no record of the radio talks between the crew members during the flight has been found in the black box.
"Weather conditions did not impede the flight. There was no failure in the aircraft systems or engines, or a fire during the flight, according to the black box data," the IAC said.
On April 11 the An-32B ST AZL airplane operated by Sudanese airline company КАТА Air Transport Co. Ltd crashed at the Chisinau airport as it attempted to land using visual references at night. The airline company's crew, which operated the airplane, consisted of Moldovan and Ukrainian nationals.
After the plane took off, its identification transponder stopped functioning. "Since the plane was expected to fly over several countries, and flights without the identification system are normally not permitted, the crew has decided to return to the Chisinau airport," the IAC said in a statement.
During landing the airplane collided with a radar, which led to the airplane being destroyed and burnt out completely. All people on board have died.
The investigation is being carried out by the IAC together with experts from the Moldovan National Civil Aviation Administration, Antonov Aviation Scientific Technical Complex (Ukraine), Ivchenko Progress (Ukraine), as well as Sudanese aviation experts.
The Committee continues its work.