The Isle of Man government has no part to play in the investigation into the crash of a Manx2 flight at Cork Airport on February 10.

In a written answer to a question from Onchan MHK Peter Karran, Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne says, as the operator of Ronaldsway Airport, his department does not intend to take part.

He says only airports directly involved in the incident will do so.

Mr Karran has tabled a number of Keys questions recently on aspects of the tragic incident, and the operation of the airline.

In a second question at Tuesday's sitting he raised the issue of air carrier liability.

He asked Mr Gawne if the airline designator code of an air carrier, indicated on a ticket, made that carrier the 'contracting carrier', and if the two weren't the same if passengers had the right to make claims for damages against either.

In his reply Mr Gawne says his department is not an airline regulator and has no involvement or responsibility for contractual issues or regulation of airlines. As such he says he is unable to answer Mr Karran's questions and suggests he seeks specialist legal advice.

Six people died when the flight from Belfast City crashed as it tried to land at Cork in heavy fog.

Mr Gawne's replies were delyed by Mr Karran's absence from Tuesday sitting of the Keys.