PanARMENIAN.Net
Helicopter of RA Defense Ministry with Minister of
Energy on board force-landed near Sisyan town
09.06.2007 15:38 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Helicopter of RA Defense Ministry with Minister of
Energy Armen Movsisyan on board force-landed near Sisyan town.
A MI-8 helicopter, which was making a planned tour from Yerevan to
Sisyan, got into an air-pocket and fell on its side, Spokesman for the
RA Defense Ministry colonel Seyran Shasuvaryan told the
PanARMENIAN.Net.
Meanwhile, IA Regnum reports that according to some unconfirmed
information the Energy Minister escaped with minor injuries, Deputy
Energy Minister and the pilot of the helicopter also received minor
injures and were taken to hospital. Details and reasons of the
accident are under investigation. The Ministry of Energy does not
possess any information about the crash, IA Regnum reports.