The Russian Investigative Committee has stated that it has opened a criminal probe into the Soyuz MS-10 emergency landing, "trying to establish the causes and those responsible for the emergency situation."

"Certainly, this incident will require the most thorough investigation involving independent experts, visits to companies, inspections of all technological processes, because the accident happened on a rocket that had very high accident statistics. And this is very bad news," Rogozin stated.

He said the good news is that the emergency rescue system worked excellently, and added that Roscosmos evaluated the actions by the Soyuz crew and launch site operators as highly professional.

Rogozin said the first meeting of the commission on the Soyuz accident would take place on Thursday at the Baikonur space center.