Moscow, Sept 22 (Interfax) - Specialists from the Inter-state Aviation Committee (IAC), investigating the crash of the Yakovlev Yak-42 airplane near Yaroslavl, have questioned flight engineer Alexander Sizov.
"Representatives from the IAC technical commission investigating the Yak-42 crash have questioned the survivor of the air crash, the engineer of aviation and radio electronic equipment. In his view, he did not find anything wrong in the aircraft equipment either during the previous flight or prior to and during the failed flight," the IAC told Interfax on Thursday.
IAC specialists also asked him about the actual layout of passengers and luggage in the airplane before the crash.
"The team managers and coaches were in the front section, the team was in the second section, most of the luggage was loaded in the rear luggage section," the source told Interfax.
The Yak-42 carried the Russian ice hockey team, Lokomotiv, which was heading for a match in Minsk.
The crash killed 44 people, including 37 passengers and seven crew members.
There is only one survivor, flight engineer Sizov.
The Main Investigative Directorate of the Russian Investigative Committee has launched a criminal inquiry into the Yak-42 air crash under Article 263 of the Russian Penal Code (violation of the flight safety rules resulting in the death of two and more persons).
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