The Ukrainian-made An-140 plane crashed late on 23 December, shortly after taking off from the Azerbaijani capital Baku on route to Aktau, Kazakhstan.
All 23 people on board the Azerbaijani Airlines plane, including eight foreigners, were killed.
News agencies today are quoting reports that the plane's flight data and voice recorders, known as black boxes, have been found.
Yesterday, Ukrainian investigators and experts from Ukraine's Kharkiv State Aviation Production plant joined investigators in Azerbaijan to help learn what caused the plane to crash.
Local television in Azerbaijan reported the wreckage from the plane was scattered over a two-kilometer area.
(AP/AFP)
RFE/RL's World: 2005 In Pictures
A slideshow of images related to the top news stories of 2005 from throughout RFE/RL's broadcast region with links to RFE/RL's reporting.
See also:
2005 In Review: Central Asia Witnesses Revolution, Continued Crackdown
2005 In Review: Does The Presence Of Western Election Observers Make A Difference?
2005 In Review: The Geopolitical Game In Central Asia
2005 In Review: Migrants, Refugees Victims Of Incoherent Laws In Post-Soviet States
2005 In Review: The Transformation Of Television In Russia
2005 In Review: Russia's Centralization Gathers Pace
2005 In Review: A Year Of Hopes, Disappointments For Afghans And Iraqis
