ANKARA: Armenian Plane Crashes Killing 100 Passengers

ARMENIAN PLANE CRASHES KILLING 100 PASSENGERS
By Anadolu News Agency (aa), Moscow

Zaman Online, Turkey
May 3 2006

An Armavia Airlines commuter plane, the biggest airline company in
Armenia, crashed this morning near the Russian city of Sochi.

The Russian news agency RIA announced the plane was flying from the
Armenian capital Yerevan to Sochi when it crashed with 100 passengers
on board.

The Airbus 320 carrying at least five children was lost from radar
at 01:15 a.m. Bad weather conditions are complicating search and
rescue works, according to Russian Emergency Ministry Spokesman
Viktor Beltsov.