ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES WILL KEEP SECRET A-320 CRASH CAUSES UNTIL OFFICIAL DECISION OF EXPERTS

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.06.2006 13:15 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian authorities have been advised of the
causes of the crash of the Armenian plane but they are not empowered to
make the information public yet, RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan
told reporters yesterday. In his words, the authorities will keep the
information secret until the official decision of experts in announced.

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.

Meanwhile, an anonymous source in the investigating committee said the
faults of the crew have become the reason for the A-320 jet crash in
the Black Sea. 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.