ARMAVIA’S A-320 PLANE FELL INTO STORM ZONE BECAUSE OF PLANE FLYING IN PARALLEL WITH IT

ARMENPRESS
January 12, 2009
YEREVAN

"A-320" airplane belonging to "Armavia" company implementing
Sochi-Yerevan flight on January 11 at about 1.00 pm, at about 50-70
km-distance from Tbilisi fell into storm zone because of the "A-380"
airplane flying in parallel with it which was implementing Dubai-New
York flight.

Press service of "Armavia" company told Armenpress that the distance
between the two airplanes was about 300 m which corresponds to the all
international norms. Nevertheless, Armavia’s plane made a sharp pass
to the left side which was felt by passengers and the crew. Luckily,
thanks to the high professionalism of the crew the flight ended
successfully.

Though the distance between the two planes flying in parallel
corresponded to all the international norms, "Armavia" has already
started the investigation of the case: the results will be sent to
relevant bodies.