MOSCOW. Oct 21 (Interfax) - The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has entered the final stage in probing the crash of the Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger liner which was carrying the Yaroslavl ice hockey team, Lokomotiv.
"The technical commission has all materials at its disposal, as well as reports on the examinations, run by research institutes and centers, and by flight and technical experts, needed to establish the systemic and direct causes of the crash, and all accompanying factors and circumstances of this air disaster, and to propose measures to enhance flight safety," the IAC's press service told Interfax on Friday.
"The work will have been finished within the coming couple of weeks," it said.
No braking system malfunctions, or ergonomic flaws in the pilots' cabin were uncovered, the IAC said.
The IAC said, citing the head of the technical commission Alexei Morozov, that all of the planned stages in the probe have been done.
The wheel hubs, the brakes and the braking system parts, and the condition of the tires have been checked in special examinations, it said.
"The State Center for Air Transport Safety has released a statement saying that none of the listed components had malfunctioned," the IAC said.