THERE WERE 19 ARMENIAN PASSENGERS IN THE CRASHED AIRPLANE

ARMENPRESS
JULY 15, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JULY 15, ARMENPRESS: There were 19 Armenian passengers in
the plane which crashed near the Iranian town of Qazvin 200km to the
northwest from capital Tehran.

An official from Iranian Caspian Airlines told Armenpress that the
majority of the remaining passengers were Iranians.

Press service of the Armenian Civil Aviation told Armenpress that
there were 168 people in the plane. There is no cause in circulation
for the crash of the airplane; studies are held in the place of
the accident. Armenian civil aviation has established ties with the
Iranian partners and a special head quarter has been created.

The airplane crashed at 12:00 after 16 minutes of flight. All the
passengers have been killed.