In Iran, they try to decipher the black boxes of the broken Tu-154

Iranian experts are trying to extract information from the black boxes of the passenger aircraft Tu-154, which crashed on Wednesday soon after departure from Tehran.

The Iranian airline Caspian Airlines flew to Yerevan. Relatives of the dead passengers will fly from Armenia to Iran on Thursday at 13:00 local time (12:00 in Moscow). At the moment, 143 people have registered, said the press secretary of the Main Directorate of Civil Aviation (GUGA) of Armenia Nelly Cherchinians. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" .

As a result of the crash, all on board 168 people were killed, including 15 crew members. Most of the dead are Iranians. According to updated data, there were 36 Armenians on board the aircraft, including five Armenia citizens - three passengers and two crew members. There were also two Georgian citizens and two citizens of Australia on board.

According to the head of the GUGA Armenia Artem Movsisyan, among the dead - four children, one of whom was an Armenian by nationality.

On Friday, relatives and friends of those who died in a plane crash will be able to visit the place of the tragedy.

The day before, two of the three black boxes of a broken aircraft were discovered . The recorders are seriously damaged. If Iranian experts cannot decipher them, they will seek help from the specialists of the manufacturer.

In anticipation of the official versions of the incident, the media certificates are given by eyewitnesses. “The plane suddenly fell from the sky and fell apart when hitting the ground - in the place where the funnel is visible,” CNN quotes the words of one of them with reference to the Iranian Press TV channel.

The plane broke up into pieces, says Colonel Masud Jafari -Nasab - the head of the police in the city of Kazvin, next to which there was a disaster.

According to some witnesses, the Tu-154 caught fire to the crash. The preliminary reason for the fall of the aircraft is a fire in one of the liner engines.

According to experts, the plane fell very quickly. The crew, perhaps, tried to make a forced landing in order to avoid a steep fall. In the negotiations between pilots and dispatchers there was no question of any technical problems, media reports with reference to the official representative of the airport.

The Caspian Airlines aircraft was supposed to fly out of the Iranian capital at 12 o’clock, but did it with an hour -long delay. At 12.52 he was supposed to enter the airspace of Armenia. Shortly before this, the Iranian dispatcher informed the Armenian colleagues that the entrance to the airspace was canceled due to the death of the aircraft. The plane fell 15-16 minutes after departure, at a distance of about 100-200 km from the Iranian capital.