Pilot Error Blamed In Armavia A320 Accident

Aero-News Network, FL
July 27, 2006

Russian investigators say it was pilot error that caused the crash
of an Armavia Airlines Airbus A320 back in May… killing all 113
people on board the plane.

As Aero-News reported, the accident happened during foul weather as
the Armenian aircraft was on approach to the airport in Sochi… a
Russian seaside resort.

A spokeswoman for the civil aviation authority that links Russia with
eleven of its former republics says a terrain avoidance alarm sounded
in the cockpit shortly before the crash… but the crew was unable
to add power and pull up in time to avoid crashing into the Black Sea.

Of the 113 people on board that flight… 26 were Russian citizens.

Their families will receive about $3,800 from the state… on top of
the $8,900 already paid out by the airline.