Looking for answers in crash of jet
Phillip Sayblack
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Associated Press
Published: August 25, 2008
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Emergency officials have retrieved two flight recorders from a crashed jet in Kyrgystan. They’re trying to determine what caused a crash that killed 65 people.
A U.S. air base in the former Soviet republic supports operations in nearby Afghanistan, but terrorism has been ruled out as a cause of the disaster.
Twenty-five people survived the crash.
The crew of the Boeing 737 reported a technical malfunction only five minutes into the flight, and the jet crashed shortly after, as it was heading back to the airport.
A government spokeswoman says a decompression on board may have caused the crash.
The plane is owned by a company has been banned from operating in European Union airspace because of safety questions.
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