ARMAVIA THREATENS TO SUE PILOT WHO EXPRESSED VERSION ABOUT EXPLOSION IN A-320 CRASHED PLANE

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The airline Armavia has no
information to confirm the version about an explosion in the
plane A-320 that crushed during a Yerevan-Sochi flight in May. NT
was informed from Armavia’s press service that Armenia has no such
facts. According to the same course, if such facts are available, they
should be provided to the prosecutor’s office, and if it turnes out
that these facts are unfounded, Armavia may hold those spreading such
rumors criminally responsible. To recap, at a conference on October 19,
Vladimir Poghosian, former pilot of the liquidated airline Armenian
Airways, said that the crashed plane A-320 was not uncontrollable
and the real cause of the crash was an explosion. The pilot accused
the persons responsible for the flight organization, including the
flight safety units of Zvartnots Airport and Armavia.