President of Uzbekistan
The President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, offered condolences to his Tajik counterpart Emomalii Rahmon after the crash. All 85 victims were from Khujand; the coffins were flown back there for burial. As many as 3,000 people gathered in the main square of Khujand for the mourning, while Tajik Prime Minister, Yahyo Azimov, spoke of "a dreadful tragedy". Nineteen of the bodies were severely damaged and could not be identified; they were subsequently buried in a mass grave.