Crew of Belarusian aircraft which crashed in Yerevan acted competently,
Minsk says
2008-02-17 15:56:00
ArmInfo. It is not the fault of the crew of Belavia air company’s
aircraft, which crashed in Yerevan last week, the Transport Ministry of
Belarus says.
"The aircrew acted competently, distinctly following the flight
operation instruction for this type of aircraft", Head of the Aviation
Department of the Transport Ministry of Belarus Vadim Melnik said to
Interfax, Sunday. "In that situation the Belarusian pilots’ actions
were absolutely competent", he stressed. Melnik came to Moscow to
coordinate the interdepartmental group of experts set up to investigate
the circumstances of the air crash in Yerevan. "The specified data will
be known in a couple of weeks", he noted. Melnik also pointed out that
the special equipment allowing to thoroughly decode the flight
recorders’ content is in Moscow.
It was reported that a passenger airplane flying from Yerevan to Minsk
crashed in Zvartnots airport, Thursday. Having built up speed on the
takeoff strip, the airplane crew members on board of Belavia Company’s
airplane SRJ-100LR. The passengers were the citizens of Belarus,
Armenia, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine. There were no victims. 7 injured
people were hospitalized in Yerevan. The Transport Prosecutor’s Office
of Belarus reported that a criminal case was instituted according to
Article 314, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of Belarus "Violation of
safety rules of service or operation of railway, air or water
transport".