Armenpress

PROMINENT ARMENIAN PILOT WARNS AGAINST HASTY THEORIES
BEHIND PLANE CRASH

YEREVAN, MAY 6, ARMENPRESS: A prominent Armenian
pilot and the chairman of the National Aviation
Association Dmitry Adbashian said all theories about
the likely cause of the Wednesday airliner’s crash off
the Black Sea in Russian resort of Sochi would remain
theories as long until the so-called black boxes are
recovered from the sea and deciphered.
Adbashian downplayed some Russian media
speculations that the black boxes may destroy in the
water due to some chemical reactions saying they can
remain intact for one month. “It is in the interest of
Armvaia to take the boxes out and save its reputation
if it wants to prove that the plane was in good
technical shape and that the crash was due to either
bad weather or human factor.”
Adbashian said bad weather, like a technical fault
might have caused a dramatic loss of speed that led to
the Airbus crashing into the Black Sea.
“One thing is clear that the crew did not report
any technical malfunction to the ground controllers,
which may mean that everything occurred in a flash and
that the pilots were unable to control the fall,
evidenced also by the fact that passengers did not
have life jackets on, which they have to put on when
an airliner has to land on water,” he said. He also
said the impact on water could have fragmented the
plane and passengers’ bodies. He said lighting could
have also been responsible for the tragedy.