Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office to reveal cause of military helicopter crash

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan will hold a briefing to announce the preliminary results of the investigation into the crash of a military helicopter

Today, on December 20, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan will hold a briefing to announce the preliminary results of the investigation into the crash of a military helicopter of the State Border Service during training flight at the Garaheybat airfield in the Khizi district, Qazet.az informs referring to the Prosecutor General’s Office.

At the briefing, First Deputy Prosecutor General, State Counselor of Justice of the 3rd Class Elchin Mammadov, Head of the Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office, Chief Counselor of Justice Nemat Avazov, Deputy Head of the Investigation Department, Head of the Investigation Team in connection with the helicopter crash investigation, Counselor of Justice Sanan Pashayev, Senior Assistant Prosecutor General for Special Assignments, Justice Adviser Tural Aslanov, as well as the head of the press service, junior justice adviser Gunay Salimzade will answer questions about the incident.

As many as 14 servicemen were killed, and two were injured in the accident that occurred on November 30.

The Investigation Department of the General Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal case under Article 352.2 of the Criminal Code (Violation of the rules of flight or preparation for flight, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence) and other articles. The investigation of the criminal case has been taken under exceptional control by the Prosecutor General.

With the participation of senior officials of the Prosecutor General’s Office and the State Border Service, as well as forensic ballistic, firefighters and forensic experts, the scene was examined, and the ‘black box’ was taken by Defense Ministry specialists.