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Pilots released in Thailand returned to Shymkent

Three pilots released in Thailand have returned to Shymkent

Shymkent. February 15. Kazakhstan Today - Three pilots released in Thailand have returned to Shymkent, the agency reports.

Three pilots - Alexander Zrybnev, Victor Abdullaev and Ilyas Isakov arrived in Shymkent on Sunday morning by train Almaty - Shymkent as the flight was repeatedly postponed due to bad weather.

There is an assumption that pilots did not arrive in Shymkent but got off at the suburban station Mankent. According to the relatives, the pilots do not plan to meet journalists. "Let them rest for at least two days," one of the relatives said.

According to the information, Vitaly Shumkov left Almaty for the Western Kazakhstan. The citizen of Belarus, Michael Petuhov, will leave for Moscow and then - home.

As informed earlier, the State Office of Public Prosecutor of Kazakhstan will interrogate the released members of the crew of the plane Il-76 about the content of the transported cargo.

"The Thai party will be informed of the results of the interrogation," the communique of the press service of the State Office of Public Prosecutor informs.

As informed earlier, the plane Il-76 of the Georgian airline Air West Georgia was detained at the airport Don Myang in Bangkok on December 12, 2009, where it landed to re-fuel on the way from Pyongyang. The arms forbidden to export from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by the decision of the UN Security Council were found onboard of the plane: rocket-propelled grenades, surface-to-air missile launchers, and other weapons. The crew members - the citizen of Belarus and four citizens of Kazakhstan were detained and accused of illegal storage of weapons and its transportation through the Kingdom of Thailand territory.

According to the other representative of the Office of Public Prosecutor, deportation of the pilots will not be officially considered as an extradition though their entrance to the country is considered illegal.

The Thailand authorities have not made a decision yet in regards to the arrested cargo onboard of Il-76. Earlier, it was informed that weapons would be destroyed or be given to the Thai military men.

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