(Dan Tri) – The fact that Russian officials found the black box of the plane carrying tycoon Wagner could be a clue to help find the cause of the crash.
Portrait of Wagner tycoon Yevgeny Prigozhin at a temporary memorial near the PMC Wagner Center in Saint Petersburg, Russia on August 24 (Photo: Reuters).
`Investigators have found flight data sets and are conducting a detailed examination of the scene. Objects and documents related to determining all the circumstances of the accident are also being collected
The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) previously confirmed that the Embraer Legacy 600 plane crashed while en route from Moscow to St.
The accident killed all 10 people on board, including believed to be tycoon Yevgeny Prigozhin and several high-ranking commanders of the Russian private military force Wagner.
Airplanes are often equipped with two flight data storage devices, often called `black boxes`, that serve different purposes.
Finding black boxes, devices containing flight data and cockpit voice recorders, could help decipher the cause of the crash.
In addition, the Russian Federal Investigation Committee also announced that they are conducting DNA tests to determine the identities of 10 victims in the accident.
`During the initial investigation, the bodies of 10 victims were found at the scene of the accident. Genetic testing is being conducted to determine their identities,` Federal Investigation Commission
To date, no bodies have been officially identified.
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Russia said there were no survivors on the flight, but official information about Mr. Prigozhin’s fate has not yet been announced.
Experts say that available evidence shows that the accident was unlikely to have occurred due to technical problems with the plane.
Mr. Prigozhin’s supporters claim that the plane was shot down.
Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder said the agency had no information to support the theory that the plane carrying Wagner was shot down by a surface-to-air missile.
Meanwhile, US intelligence satellites reportedly did not detect any missile launches at the time the plane crashed and there was no evidence that the plane was hit by fire from an air defense complex.
Nick John