to Afghanistan and Pakistan considered that reports indicating technical problems with the aircraft were not true, and that in his opinion the Taliban were responsible for its loss. Silk Way Airlines temporarily halted its operations to Afghanistan following the accident, resuming them on 21 July. Investigation An investigative commission was set up by the Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority, assisted by Azerbaijani authorities and by Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC). On 25 July, the remains of the crew members were delivered to the Association of Forensic Medical Examination and Pathological Anatomy of the Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan in Baku. On 15 August, the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was sent to Moscow. Members of the IAC and representatives of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan successfully downloaded the recorded information. Analysis of the CVR suggested that at the time of the crash, the aircraft was under the captain's command, and that contrary to normal practice, he was flying visually and without assistance from Bagram air traffic control. The vice-president of the investigative commission also stated that the aircraft had deviated from the established route. See also List of aviation accidents and incidents in the war in Afghanistan Taliban insurgency References External links Silk Way Airlines Bagram Airfield Aviation accidents and incidents in 2011 Aviation accidents and incidents in Afghanistan Accidents and incidents involving the Ilyushin Il-76 Silk Way Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 crash July 2011 events in Afghanistan