The State Civil Aviation Authority (ASAC) received permission from Iraqi aviation authorities to probe into the air accident, produced on January 9, and to participate in the investigation of the plane crash, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting the ASAC website. Sources from ASAC said the investigation group hasn’t left for Iraq yet because of “some minor problems with Turkish authorities”, without giving further details. Two days ago, deputy chief of ASAC Iurie Zidu told Info-Prim Neo that once the authorisation is received, the investigation group will leave for Iraq and will study the flight recorder, kept by the American authorities in Iraq. According to the source, the decoding of the flight recorder could help finding out the real cause of the plane crash. At this moment neither of the two formulated causes – bad weather and a missile attack – hasn’t been confirmed or contradicted. The extremist paramilitary group, the Islamic Army, said it was responsible for the plane crash. 34 persons lost their lives in the crash of the aircraft "An-26" of the "Aerian-Tur M" Company, including 5 crew members, all of them Moldovan citizens, and an American soldier. A Turkish citizen survived the plane crash.