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Remains
to
transfer
to
Macedonia
in
Sunday,
U.S.
to
assist
investigation
 Macedonian
Information
Agency
(Feb
28,
2004,
3:19:28
PM
(GMT+01:00)) (MIA) -
U.S.
will
assist
to
the
authorities
of
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina
in
relation
to
the
plane
accident
in
which
Macedonian
President
Boris
Trajkovski
and
eight
other
persons
were
killed,
US
Embassy
to
Sarajevo
informed.
Team
of
experts
of
the
U.S.
Federal
Aviation
Administration
will
arrive
in
BIH
and
assist
the
investigation
led
by
the
authorities
of
BIH
in
accordance
with
the
International
Civil
Aviation
Organization's
rules
(ICAO).
The
remains
of
Macedonian
President
Boris
Trajkovski
and
eight
persons
killed
in
the
plane
accident
near
Mostar
will
be
transferred
to
Skopje
probably
late
Sunday,
while
the
funeral
is
expected
to
be
on
Tuesday.
The
rescue
teams
and
team
of
Macedonian
experts
early
Saturday
headed
to
the
place
of
the
accident,
where
the
last
body
is
expected
to
be
pulled
out
from
the
crashed
plane.
The
autopsy
and
identification
of
the
bodies
will
be
performed
today
in
Mostar.
The
King
Air
plane
crashed
in
south
Bosnia
early
Thursday
near
Mostar,
as
Macedonian
President
Boris
Trajkovski,
four
advisers,
two
bodyguards
and
two
pilots
were
killed.
The
flight
recorder
(black
box)
was
found
on
Friday
and
would
be
transferred
on
expertise
in
Paris.
The
remains
of
the
crashed
plane
were
found
on
Friday
at
08:30
a.m.
by
a
military
helicopter
of
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina,
while
the
bodies
were
found
at
noon.
A
Book
of
Mourning
was
opened
Friday
in
the
Macedonian
Parliament.
 The
US
Raytheon
Aircraft
Company,
which
was
a
manufacturer
of
the
Macedonian
crashed
plane,
informed
that
the
investigation
started.
The
Company's
representative
Jackie
Berger
said
that
the
Company
did
not
possess
all
information
on
the
accident
yet,
but
the
plane
Super
Kinger
B200
was
considered
for
one
of
the
most
safety
planes
in
the
world.
"All
elements
that
can
furnish
relevant
information
on
the
causes
of
the
plane's
accident,
in
which
President
Boris
Trajkovski
was
killed,
are
provided,"
Macedonian
Government's
spokesman
Saso
Colakovski
informed
on
Friday.
According
to
Colakovski,
the
stenograms
of
pre
take-off
and
flight
preparations
are
provided.
The
fuel
was
also
checked.
"The
hangar
of
the
plane
is
sealed,
while
the
device
that
has
a
funcion
of
a
flight
recorder
would
be
sent
on
further
experts
analyse
in
Paris,
Colakovski
added.
SFOR
spokesman
Captain
David
Sullivan
Friday
at
the
press
conference
rejected
the
speculations
that
SFOR
was
responsible
for
the
accident.
He
denied
that
improper
navigation
or
radar
control
by
SFOR
could
be
a
cause
for
the
plane's
accident.
"I
am
deeply
touched
by
the
tragic
event,
the
plane
accident
in
which
Macedonian
President
Boris
Trajkovski
was
killed.
Our
country
lost
a
young
and
prosperous
politician
and
statesman,
an
honest
man,
good
husband
and
parent,"
former
Macedonian
President
Kiro
Gligorov
says
in
his
letter
of
condolences
sent
to
the
Macedonian
Parliament
and
President's
family.
"On
behalf
of
the
American
people,
I
express
my
deepest
condolences
to
the
family
of
President
Boris
Trajkovski
and
the
Macedonian
people,"
US
President
George
Bush
says
in
the
statement
on
occasion
of
Trajkovski's
death.
"Laura
and
I
mourn
for
the
death
of
Macedonian
President
Boris
Trajkovski,
a
respected
leader
and
friend
of
USA",
Bush
emphasizes
in
the
statement.
"USA
strongly
supports
the
vision
of
President
Trajkovski
for
multiethnic
democratic
Macedonia,
peaceful
within
and
in
peace
with
its
neighbors
on
the
road
to
its
accession
in
the
transatlantic
community",
US
President
George
Bush
says.
The
plane
carrying
Macedonian
President
Boris
Trajkovski
crashed
at
the
524
peak
elevation
near
the
village
of
Huskovici,
some
15
kilometers
far
from
Mostar.
Some
local
media
reported
that
the
plane
probably
tried
to
perform
an
emergency
landing
at
a
plain
near
the
village
of
Huskovici,
15
kilometers
far
from
the
airport
of
Mostar.
Three
plane
accidents
in
radius
of
250
kilometers
happened
in
that
region.
Former
President
of
SFRJ
Dzemal
Bijedic
(1977),
US
Secretary
of
Commerce
Ron
Brown
(1996)
and
Macedonian
President
Boris
Trajkovski
were
the
victims
of
the
planes'
accidents.
Photos
by
MIA
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