TRAFFIC CONTROLLER TOLD CRASHED AIRLINER TO CLIMB – INVESTIGATOR

RIA Novosti, Russia
May 11 2006

MOSCOW, May 11 (RIA Novosti) – Air traffic controllers ordered an
Armenian passenger plane to gain altitude before it crashed over the
Black Sea last week killing 113 people, an investigation committee
official said Thursday.

“It has been established that, due to poor weather, during landing
an air traffic controller told the crew to stop descending and
to make a right turn while simultaneously gaining altitude,” said
Aleksei Morozov, the head of the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK)
department on investigation of plane crashes.

“The plane started to turn right and gain altitude, but then it began
to descend and crashed into the water,” Morozov said.

The Airbus A-320 operated by Armenia’s Armavia was flying from the
Armenian capital, Yerevan, to Adler airport, which services the
popular Russian resort of Sochi, when it crashed 6 kilometers off
the Russian coast early Wednesday morning last week.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress