Investigation into Bulgarian Plane Downing in Iraq Kicks off Friday

Politics | April 21, 2005, Thursday // 00:00

The Iraqi and American civil aviations will start on Friday the official investigation into the downing of the commercial helicopter in Iraq, which claimed the lives of three Bulgarians, some 20km north of Baghdad.

Bulgaria's Transport Minister has proposed that security officials from Bulgaria's unit in Iraq join the investigation. The statement of Minister Nikolay Vassilev came shortly after a telephone conversation with Defence Minister Nikolay Svinarov.

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