ARMENIAN CIVIL AVIATION CONFIRMS ARMENIA-REGISTERED PLANE CRASH NEAR TEHRAN
Armenpress
Mar 29 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 29, ARMENPRESS: Armenian civil aviation department has
confirmed earlier reports that a cargo plane that crash-landed at a
sports complex near Tehran on March 28 afternoon, was an Antonov-12
Russia-made plane owned by Fenix carrier registered in Armenia.
The plane went down to the east of the Iranian capital and was gutted
by flames after all 12 people on board and the cargo were safely
evacuated. The plane was en route to the United Arab Emirates. The
Armenian civil aviation said the crash was cased by a collision with
a flock of birds.