REMAINS OF 12 KILLED IN SOCHI JET CRASH TO BE TRANSPORTED TO ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
15.11.2007 16:18 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Bodies of three passengers and fragments of bodies
of nine other passengers killed in A-320 jet crash near Sochi in May
2006 will be transported to Yerevan, said the PR department at the
Ministry of Territorial Administration.
The remains will be brought to Yerevan by Armavia national carrier
presumably on Thursday.
According to the expertise, five were residents of Yerevan, the others
lived in Kotayk, Shirak, Armavir, Tavush and Lori regions. Their
relatives have been already informed, Novosti Armenia reports.
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.
The final report of the Intergovernmental Aviation Commission said
that ineffective actions of crewmembers resulted in the fatal air
crush. According to the conclusion of experts no failures in engines
or board systems were registered, the plane reacted to autopilot’s
instructions and the crew’s operations and there was enough fuel
in the plane for successful completion of the flight. "The airbus
crushed into the water during a dirigible flight while trying to carry
out a maneuver for gaining height after ending the first attempt
to land in the Sochi airport in bad weather conditions that were
worse of necessary minimum norms for line 06," the report of the
Intergovernmental Aviation Commission said.