A-320 CRASH CAUSED BY HUMAN FACTOR

Yerevan, June 14. ArmInfo. The inter-state air committee has finished
to decode the black boxes of Armavia’s A-320 crashing near Sochi May 3.

One of the experts has told MK (Russia) that it is already known that
the crash was caused by "human factor" rather than some equipment
failure. The decoding has shown that the equipment was in good order
and that there was no lack of fuel. The main cause might be the
loss of orientation by the crew – i.e. when a pilot confuses the
sky with the earth. This can happen because of either distraction
or bad weather. The experts tends to think that in this particular
case it was bad weather. When the air controller sent the plane for
the second turn the crew flew it manually. The heel was too big –
one more possible cause. Now the committee is trying to find more
or less evasive wordings so as not to blame the crew – it is always
hard to blame people, especially when they are already dead. Still
the black boxes have shown that the equipment is out of suspicion.

To remind, A-320 with 113 people onboard fell into the Black Sea when
flying from Yerevan to Sochi May 3.