Inquiry could take a "long time"
- SU-24 black box “too damaged” to be of use
- Impossible to restore or read
- Jet downed by Turkey over Syrian border
- Pilot killed, navigator survived
Russian investigators say the black box from a military jet shot down by Turkey on the Syrian border last month is too damaged to be of any use.
Experts say restoring and reading data from the SU-24 jet’s flight recorders will not be possible.
#Russia says black box of Su-24M combat jet downed by #Turkey is damaged https://t.co/gIf9Hp5ZiU
cavokbr</a> <a href="https://t.co/YFbaKK2Pre">pic.twitter.com/YFbaKK2Pre</a></p>— Anderson LaMarca (AndersonLaMarca) December 18, 2015
Russia opens black box of jet downed by Turkey https://t.co/CzDMFr9kOS pic.twitter.com/QrJxRNu7D1
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) December 18, 2015
The commission investigating the circumstances leading to the crash says it will seek help from specialised scientific institutions in Russia, adding that this may take a long time.
Why did the jet crash?
Black box from Russian jet shot down by #Turkey is damaged, #Russia Defence Ministry says
https://t.co/VsAfQNyUMM pic.twitter.com/4sDVNkJch1— ABC News (@abcnews) December 18, 2015
The jet was shot down by F-16 fighters on November 24th.
The downing of the plane has plunged relations between Russia and Turkey into a deep crisis.
Ankara claims the aircraft was in Turkish airspace.
Russia insists it was in Syrian airspace. Moscow has demanded an apology from Ankara and has imposed a range of potentially costly sanctions.