DUSHANBE, September 5, 2012, Asia-Plus — The body of Tajik national Akram Hoshimov, 43, who was killed in an air crash in Sudan on August 19 has not yet been transported to Tajikistan.
Over the past four years, Akram Hoshimov had worked as flight navigator with the Sudanese private air carrier, Alpha-1.
His wife, Sohiba Hoshimova, says she has repeatedly got in touch on the phone with representatives of the company but they said that they do not hold the situation and do not know how to help her. “They just supposed that transportation of the body is probably delayed because of ongoing investigation,” Sohiba Hoshimova said.
We will recall that international media sources reported that a plane crash in Sudan killed 32 people, including four ministers and other top government officials.
According to Sudanese state media, Engineer Ghazi al-Sadiq, minister of guidance and endowments, died when the private plane he was on went down in the Sudanese mountains due to dust causing poor visibility.
Also killed in the crash were three state ministers and three major generals.
The plane, a Ukrainian-made Antonov-26, reportedly crashed near Talodi near the border with the new nation of South Sudan. There were no survivors.
The officials were traveling to the border state of South Kordofan for festivities marking Eid, the celebration of the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
