TU-154 AIRCRAFT OF CASPIAN AIRLINES WAS PRODUCED IN 1987

ArmInfo
2009-07-16 14:09:00

ArmInfo. Tu-154 aircraft of the Caspian Airlines, which crashed
on July 15 in Iran, was produced in 1987, spokeswoman of the Civil
Aviation Department of Armenia Nelli Cherchinyan told ArmInfo today.

She said the Caspian Airlines was founded in 1993 and it is still
unaware of who operated this aircraft. She added that the aircraft
underwent the last technical inspection in June, 2009 in Mineralniye
Vody, Russia, after which the aircraft wad admitted to flights till
2010 inclusive, she said.

Chairman of the Union of Aviators of Armenia Dmitry Adbashyan told
ArmInfo that the operation life for Tu-154 aircrafts makes up 30
years that may be extended to 45 years. The Armenian representation
of the Caspian Airlines could not answer who operated the crashed
Tu-154 aircraft till 1993.