CREW TO BLAME FOR A-320 CRASH, SPECIALISTS CONSIDER

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.06.2006 14:05 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The faults of the crew have become the reason for the
A-320 crash in the Black Sea, Moscovsky Komsomolets newspaper reports
according to an anonymous source in the investigating committee.

The decoding of the flight recorders showed that the pilots “have
lost spatial orientation” in bad weather conditions. It was also
ascertained that the pilots had taken a too big list when making the
second turn by order of the flying control officer. These factors,
specialists say, led to the catastrophe.

Earlier equipment breakdown or lack of fuel were presented as versions
of the crash. The official results will be announced in several
days. Now the specialists of the International Aviation Committee
try to find “smooth” wordings to make the accusations less sharp.

To remind, on May 3 night Airbus-320 owned by Armavia national carrier
crashed in the Black Sea 6 km away from Adler airport killing all of
113 people aboard, including 6 children and 8 crewmembers. Among them
were 26 Russian citizens, one Ukrainian and one Georgian citizen, while
the rest were Armenian citizens. The flight recorders were withdrawn
from the seabed. The committee consisting of specialists from France,
Armenia and Russia deal with their decoding, reported Lenta.ru.