BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 29. Kazakhstan will
send the black boxes from the crashed AZAL plane to the Brazilian
Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aircraft Accidents
(CENIPA), the Kazakh Ministry of Transport announced, Trend reports.
The decision was made by the Commission for the Investigation of
the Aviation Incident, led by Kazakhstan’s Minister of Transport
Marat Karabayev.
“In line with the standards of Annex 13 of the Chicago
Convention, the state conducting the investigation is responsible
for ensuring the flight recorders are analyzed and for selecting
the country to carry out their reading and decoding.
Kazakhstan ratified this convention in 1992 and is a member of
the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Following the
provisions of this document, ICAO recommendations, and
consultations with the aviation authorities of Azerbaijan and
Russia, the commission decided to send the flight recorders to
CENIPA in Brazil. This decision reflects Brazil’s status as the
manufacturer of Embraer aircraft and its possession of the
necessary technical capabilities, certified laboratories, and
appropriate equipment for decoding black boxes,” the ministry
said.
