Criminal probe of An-148 crash scrutinises crew training

Russian criminal investigators are probing the qualifications of the crew involved in the fatal Saratov Airlines Antonov An-148 crash in Moscow, in order to establish whether the pilots had been properly trained. The federal Investigative Committee is conducting its own analysis of the Feb 11 accident, and has declared "incorrect actions" of the crew to be the primary contributor to the crash. As part of the criminal probe the Investigative Committee has been gathering evidence, conducting searches and seizures, and questioning instructors of the institutions where the pilots were trained in order to assess their qualification. It states that this work includes efforts to "establish the legitimacy" of the certificates obtained by the first officer. <br/>