The black boxes of the Russian Aeroflot plane that Sunday at an airport near Moscow caught fire in a forced landing, are heavily damaged. That is because they are at the fire are subject to high temperatures. It reports the Russian intergovernmental luchtverkeerscomité (MAK) to the Russian news agency Interfax.
Despite the damage, the information is well-preserved. "All flight information is copied", it sounds. The analysis of the data will take a few days.
Read also have Major doubts about safety Russian Superjet after aviation disaster to " Flight detailsOn the black boxes, the flight data and conversations in the cockpit saved. That data could be of great importance to the cause of the accident to find out. The boxes are so robust that they normally unscathed from an accident.
In the accident at the airport of Sjeremetjev were 41 people killed.