A new probe into the 2004 plane crash near Mostar that killed Macedonian president Boris Trajkovski and eight other people on board, conducted by an international team, will be completed by the year-end, says Omer Kulic, the team's chief and chair of the of the Commission for Aviation at Bosnia's Ministry of Transport and Communications.
"We have been working intensively, planning to wrap up all activities by the year-end. We have identified the flaws of the former investigation commission and reasons for launching a new probe. We have identified this and know what is the problem, but we haven’t identified the reasons yet. It will be resolved at the (probe's) end, Kulic told the Anadolu Agency.
Asked if the international team's report will differ from the conclusion of the initial investigation, Kulic said there would be some differences in any case.
"There must be some differences, otherwise what was the reason for launching a new probe," Kulic said.
The initial investigation into the crash near the southern Bosnian town of Mostar concluded the plane hit nearby mountains due to pilot error.
The new probe has been conducted by experts from US, Germany, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia and Bosnia/Herzegovina.
