In the early hours of July 2, at an 11,000-meter altitude in Germany's air space near the Bodensee, a Russian passenger jetliner Tu-154 of the Bashkir Airlines and a Boeing-757 transport of the DHL international airline had a crash. The Tu-154 was carrying 12 crewmen and 57 passengers - 52 children, going for a summer vacation in Spain, and five adult attendants. The Boeing had two pilots. All were dead.
The examination was to establish the technical reasons of the crash and issue recommendations to prevent a repetition, Schultze said.
He specially noted that his agency was "in no case trying to say who, or find the guilty". "It is the prosecutor's job", he said.
The finding of facts has been going on for about two years, which specialists think is "too little" because "investigation into even less complicated air crashes sometimes takes four years", Schultze said.
One versions of the crash says that the fault lies with Skyguard air-traffic controller Peter Nielsen of The Netherlands, who was on duty that night. On February 24, 2004 Nielsen was stabbed to death in his house in Kloten (Switzerland).
Vitali Kaloev of Russia is accused of killing Nielsen. In that air crash Kaloev lost his entire family - the wife, daughter and son.
Kaloev was arrested the day after in a Kloten hotel.
To Kaloev, on February 24 he came to the house of Nielsen and wanted him to make apologies for the air crash. When Kaloev showed him the photos of his wife and children Nielsen pushed him off and the pictures fell to the ground. After that Kaloev remembered nothing.
Now Kaloev is kept in a Swiss prison. Investigation goes on.
