Ministry of Transport of Belarus: the crew of the An-12 that fell near Irkutsk did not have enough time to escape 
Irkutsk aircraft An-12. This is reported by TASS with reference to the head of the department Artem Sikorsky.
According to the expert, the crew members did not have enough time to prevent a disaster and escape. “It can be said for sure that the aircraft was approaching, it was in a landing configuration, the disaster developed in a matter of seconds. In this short period, the crew did not have enough time and height to rectify the situation, this is evident from the negotiations that we have from the aircraft, “Sikorsky said.
He also said that the Belarusian specialists expect to receive parametric information about the disaster in order to prevent similar incidents in the future.
An-12 plane crashed on November 3 near the settlement of Pivovarikha near Irkutsk. He carried out a cargo flight on the Keperveem – Yakutsk – Irkutsk route. As a result of the emergency, all nine people on board were killed – citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. According to preliminary information, freezing rain became the cause of the An-12 crash in the Irkutsk region.