Alu Alkhanov, head of the Public Council for Control over Chechnya's Economic and Social Reconstruction, told RIA Novosti in a telephone interview that "law-enforcement bodies are verifying the information, but no data are available at this point." The law-enforcers will report any relevant information as soon as they know it, he assured.
A source at the Prosecutor's Office of the Volgograd region told RIA Friday that no relatives or friends have so far inquired about Amanta Angayeva, a resident of the Chechen capital of Grozny, who was among the passengers of the TU-134 jet that crashed in the Tula region.
According to our interviewee, the Hotlines set up in the aftermath of the two air crashes have registered no calls from any of Nagayeva's family members or friends. "Maybe, her relatives have called the Tula region, but we know nothing of that," the source said.
The Sibir air carrier, which operated the other of the crashed planes, the Tu-154, has today released a list with the names of 22 identified passengers and 5 crewmembers who died in the crash in the Rostov region. The company still has no data on the passenger identified only by her last name, Dzhebirkhanova. This is the only person on Flight 1047 to remain unclaimed for by relatives, Sibir says in a press release.
The two passenger jets crashed late Tuesday night. The Tu-154 jet, operated by the Sibir air carrier, was flying to Sochi while the TU-134, of Volga-Aviaexpress, was bound for Volgograd. A total 90 people were killed in the two crashes.
