ZAGREB, May 5 (Hina) - The plane crash in which Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski was killed near Mostar in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina on February 26 was caused by a mistake made by the pilots, a commission which had been
investigating the accident over the past two months established.
ZAGREB, May 5 (Hina) - The plane crash in which Macedonian President
Boris Trajkovski was killed near Mostar in southern Bosnia-Herzegovina
on February 26 was caused by a mistake made by the pilots, a
commission which had been investigating the accident over the past two
months established.#L#
The head of the commission, Salko Begic, told reporters in Sarajevo on
Wednesday the commission concluded on the basis of collected evidence
and the 'black boxes' that the pilots made an orientation mistake
while trying to land the plane at Mostar airport.
Another element that led to the accident is the fact that the plane
briefly lost contact with the radio navigation device which was to
help the crew establish their exact position during the landing
procedure.
The possibility of flight control having made a mistake was eliminated
because flight control could not have had an effect on determining the
exact position of the plane, the commission said.
According to Begic, the crew of the Macedonian presidential plane was
physically and mentally fit for the flight, but despite years of
experience the pilots did not adequately prepare for the flight, the
commission concluded.
(Hina) rml