YUSCHENKO CONDOLES WITH PRESIDENTS OF ARMENIA AND IRAN UPON THE AIRPLANE CRASH

ArmInfo
2009-07-16 12:24:00

ArmInfo. President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko expressed his
condolences to Presidents of Armenia and Iran Serzh Sargsyan and
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upon death of the citizens of their countries as a
result of crash of Tu-154 airplane. ‘On behalf of the Ukrainian people
and on my behalf I express my deep condolences to the families of the
killed’, Yuschenko’s message, placed at the official Web-representation
of the Ukrainian president, says.

Tu-154 airplane was flying from Tehran to Yerevan on Wednesday and
crashed near city of Qazvin. According to the latest data, fire in
one of the engines has become the reason of the crash. The airplane
has been fully destructed. Total of 153 passengers and 15 crew members
were on board of the crashed plane. According to the Iranian sources’
data, all of them were killed. President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
urged to hold a quick investigation of circumstances of the plane
crash. He also expressed his condolences to the families of the killed
and the whole Iranian people in view of the tragedy. The ‘black boxes’
of the plane have been found and they will be decoded by specialists.