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IAC specialists to arrive in Kyrgyzstan today afternoon

Interstate Aviation Committee specialists will arrive in Kyrgyzstan today afternoon to investigate the causes of the crash of the Turkish cargo plane. The Minister of Transport and Roads Zhamshitbek Kalilov informed 24.kg news agency.

According to him, cleaning of the territory of dacha community of the debris of destroyed buildings and aircraft will continue today.

"The Ministry of Emergency Situations will bring the machinery and we will raise the fuselage and tail of the aircraft, we will search for the second black box, which was in the cabin of the cargo plane. We are also looking for the body of the pilot. Body of one of four members of the crew was not found. Perhaps, he is still under debris," Zhamshitbek Kalilov says.

According to preliminary data of the Ministry of Health Care, 35 people including the crew of Boeing died in the crash. 32 citizens of Kyrgyzstan have been identified.