Astana. December 31. KazTAG - There were no violations of time intervals during the take-off of the Bek Air plane, which crashed on December 27, reports Kazaeronavigation.
"Some media sources have reported that one of the possible reasons of the crash might have been in the condensation trail from the plane which had taken-off before Bek Air. Kazaeronavigation did not plan to comment on the possible causes of the accident, but due to the assumptions made by Bek Air about this, which are not true, we are forced make a statement. The Fokker-100 aircraft, like the Airbus A321 that had taken off before it, have a maximum take-off weight of up to 136 tons, and belongs to the category of medium-sized aircraft. (...) According to the objective control files, the time interval between takeoffs of these aircraft was two minutes. Therefore, there were no violations of time intervals during the take-off," said the statement.
The instruction on the organization of air traffic services dated May 16, 2011 No. 279, reads, “paragraph 186 states that the minimum time interval during take-off from one runway for medium aircraft is one minute".
“The intervals established in the Republic of Kazakhstan comply with global requirements and standards," reads the statement.
Erik Saparov, director of flight service of Bek Air company, said that plane might have crashed due to the condensation trail and break of time interval following take-off of the previous plane.
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