PLANE THAT CRASHED IN THE BLACK SEA WAS IN GOOD TECHNICAL CONDITION

Focus News, Bulgaria
May 3 2006

Yerevan. The plane of the Armenian air company which crashed in the
Black Sea was in good technical condition, RIA Novosti informs citing
statement of the head of Chief Civil Aviation Department of Armenia
Artem Movsisyan.

According to him the plane Airbus A 320, which is owned by Armavia air
company, had undergone full repair and technical check-up in April this
year and shortly before take-off the expert company Sabina Technics
had given positive assessment of the plane’s technical condition.