DISCERNEMENT OF VICTIMS OF AIR CRASH IS IMPOSSIBLE

Daily Georgian Times
July 16 2009
Georgia

According to "Ria Novosti"’s information, descernement of victims
is impossible.

"Explosion and fall on the earth was such power forceful, that We could
not find any inarticulate body"-states leader of special situation
service of Iran Mahamed Ali Khan.

A Tupolev passenger aircraft crashed in northwestern Iran on Wednesday
on its way to neighbouring Armenia and all 168 people on board
were killed.

The official IRNA news agency said it crashed at 11:33 a.m. (0703
GMT) but it was told later that this was the time it departed from
the capital`s Imam Khomeini International airport.

Caspian Airline`s representative said around 20-25 passengers were
Armenian citizens. Iran is home to some 100,000 ethnic Armenians,
many of whom frequently use the flights between Tehran and Yerevan
to visit relatives in Armenia.

Georgian nationals died in the air crash: Financial manager of the
Georgian embassy to Armenia Giorgi Tchkadua and Nelly Likonova, the
wife of Georgian mission head in Tehran Nikoloz Nakhutsrishvili were
on board of the plane that crashed in northwestern Iran