DUSHANBE, November 27, 2012, Asia-Plus  -- The body of Tajik national Akram Hoshimov, 43, who was killed in an air crash in Sudan on August 19, was transported to Tajikistan on November 24, the Tajik Embassy in Moscow said.

Over the past four years, Akram Hoshimov had worked as flight navigator with the Sudanese private air carrier, Alpha-1.

The transportation of the body was probably delayed because of investigation that was completed in October. 

We will recall that international media sources reported that a plane crash in Sudan killed 32 people, including four ministers and other top government officials.

According to Sudanese state media, Engineer Ghazi al-Sadiq, minister of guidance and endowments, died when the private plane he was on went down in the Sudanese mountains due to dust causing poor visibility.

Also killed in the crash were three state ministers and three major generals.

The plane, a Ukrainian-made Antonov-26, reportedly crashed near Talodi near the border with the new nation of South Sudan. There were no survivors.

The officials were traveling to the border state of South Kordofan for festivities marking Eid, the celebration of the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.