Uzbek Group Blames Crew in Plane Crash

Pilot error caused an airliner to crash Jan. 13, killing all 37 people on board, including the head of the U.N. mission in Uzbekistan, the government commission investigating the accident said Tuesday.

The crew aboard the Uzbekistan Airways Yak-40 jet failed to follow proper landing procedures, even though heavy fog limited visibility at Tashkent's international airport at the time. The three-engine jet, bound from the town of Termez on the Afghan border, overshot the runway and crashed near the airport.

Among those killed was the head of the U.N. mission in Uzbekistan, Richard Conroy.

Uzbekistan Airways has suspended all flights of Yak-40s since the crash, a measure that remained in effect Tuesday.

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