The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) briefed the Transport Ministry of the Republic of the Congo, with respect to the video flight recorders of the Armenian aircraft that had crashed in capital city Brazzaville in November 2012. The IAC had received the flight recorders on Tuesday.    

“The vide flight recorders have mechanical damage. [But] the Interstate Aviation Committee specialists have conducted information recovery and reading. All data, which the video flight recorders of the aircraft have recorded, are copied and submitted to the delegation of the Transport Ministry of the Republic of the Congo,” specifically reads the statement which RIA Novosti News Agency of Russia cited.       

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, a cargo plane belonging to an Armenia company crashed on November 30, 2012 while attempting to land at the airport of Republic of the Congo capital city Brazzaville. The accident claimed thirty lives including seven crew members, among whom five citizens of Armenia. 

The Congo-Brazzaville authorities are conducting an investigation to determine the cause of the accident. According to eyewitnesses, the plane had crashed as a result of a lightning strike.