Hi ya,
here are two news on that recent crash:
<<18 Jul 2001] Officials investigating Saturday`s crash of an Il-76 transport plane said Tuesday that it occurred because the plane was overloaded, Interfax reported.
The aircraft, which belonged to the Rus airline, slammed into a forest shortly after taking off from an air base near Moscow, killing all its crew of 10.
A preliminary report into the crash due to be released Tuesday was delayed by nvestigators. Interfax said that they were having difficulty analyzing the plane`s damaged flight recorders.
/AP/ and Avia.ru>>
and the second:
<<18 Jul 2001] Rus Airline, the operator of the crashed Ilyushin IL-76TD cargo plane has provided new
information that may shed light on the causes behind this tragic accident, source in the airline reported.
According to the source, the committee has already deciphered recording from cockpit voice recorders
indicating that the plane was piloted by someone else not Capt. Vyacheslav Boiko.
"Vyacheslav Boiko`s voice was not heard at all in this recording. The communications with ATC was done by
another person, who rode in the captain`s seat", the source pointed out.
The plane could have been piloted by Vyacheslav Kuskov, head of division, Moscow Department, State Civil
Aviation Authority. He accompanied this flight with the aim to inspect crew`s actions during the flight. Kuskov
did not have appropriate experience in piloting this type of aircraft, since in his aviation career he flew Ilyushin
IL-62, which was quite a different type of aircraft. As a check pilot, he could have overtaken controls from
captain, the source pointed out.
/AVIA.RU/