Crashed Plane Did Not Report Technical Problems - Slovak Air Force Commander
Posted on: Friday, 20 January 2006, 09:00 CST
Relatives of the Slovak Army aircraft crash victims are being informed right now about who was on board of the plane, Slovak Defence Minister Juraj Liska said at a news conference being relayed live by TA3 news channel.
Speaking at the same news conference Juraj Baranek, commander of the Slovak Air Force, said that both the first and the second pilot flying the crashed plane were fully trained and experienced pilots
. He also confirmed that the black box had not been found yet but added that the part of the plane where the flight recorder was located was not too damaged. He said, though, that at the moment the search for and identification of bodies is a priority. Baranek said that the Slovak air traffic control had taken over the plane from the Hungarian air traffic control and the plane did not report any technical problems.Source: BBC Monitoring European
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