EXPLOSION CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS OF THE TU-154 AIRPLANE CRASH

ARMENPRESS
July 16, 2009

YEREVAN, JULY 16, ARMENPRESS: In Iran explosion is considered to be
one of the main reasons of the crash of the TU-154 aircraft of the
Iranian Caspian Airlines.

Consultant to the Embassy of Iran to Russia Said Adinelu told "L!FE.ru"
that according to the preliminary data there was an explosion in the
plane, but other hypotheses are also checked.

According to the manager of the Tehran airport Ahmed Momen during the
last conversation with the pilot everything was normal; no technical
fault was registered. According to the witnesses the aircraft broke
into pieces directly in the air. Parts of the airplane which were
scattered over 200 square meters of territory, burnt on the ground.

The airplane was exploited 22 years ago in 1987. At the beginning
of 2008 the Caspian Airlines had 4 airplanes, 1 MD-82 rented from
Ukrainian "Khors" airlines and 3 TU-154.