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    ARMAVIA'S A-320 PASSENGER PLANE CRASHES NEAR SOCHI

    AZG Armenian Daily
    03/05/2006

    ARMENIAN DEFENCE MINISTER GOES TO SOCHI TO INVESTIGATE INTO CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE A-320 CRASH

    Yerevan, May 3. ArmInfo. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan held
    an extraordinary meeting in connection with the crash of Armavia's
    A-320 plane in Sochi.

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    Attending the meeting were Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, Defence
    Minister Serzh Sargsyan, Territorial Administration Minister Hovik
    Abrahamyan, Prosecutor General Agvan Hovsepyan, Chief of Police Hayk
    Haroutyunyan, Chief of National Security Service Gorik Hakopyan,
    Head of Chief Department of Civil Aviation Artem Movsissyan.

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    The presidential press service says that Movsissyan reported to
    the president on the crash. Kocharyan instructed Defence Minister,
    Co-Chair of Armenian-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission Serzh
    Sargsyan to go to Sochi to inquire into the circumstances of the
    tragedy. A special commission led by Territorial Administration
    Minister Hovik Abrahamyan will bring the bodies of the victims to
    Armenia and will organize their funerals.

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    Prosecu tor General Agvan Hovsepyan said that his office has instituted
    a criminal action. Earlier the prosecutor's office of Krasnodar region
    (Russia) instituted criminal proceedings according to article 263
    of Russia's Criminal Code (violation of the rules of security during
    aircraft operation causing the death of two and more people).

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    To remind, Armavia's A-320 plane flying from Yerevan to Sochi crashed
    near Sochi 02:15 AM. 113 people (6 children) were onboard. 26 of
    them were Russian citizens, 1 woman was from Ukraine, the rest were
    Armenian citizens.

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    Armavia has opened a hot-line in Yerevan: (+37410) 28-63-56.

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    To remind, June 2005 100% of Armavia's shares were bought by President
    of Mika Armenia Trading Mikhail Bagdassarov. In 2005 Armavia's
    passenger turnover was 507,000 people against 380,000 in 2004. In 2004
    the crashed A-320 was leased from Vermille International Services B.V.

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    77 ARMENIAN AND 28 RUSSIAN CITIZENS WERE ONBOARD THE CRASHED ARMAVIA
    PLANE

    Yerevan, May 3. ArmInfo. 77 Armenian citizens and 28 Russian citizens,
    mostly of Armenian origin, were onboard Armavia's A-320 plane which
    crashed 5 km of Sochi this night, says the head of the chief department
    of civil aviation of Armenia Artem Movsissyan.

    A total of 113 people were onboard, with the bodies of only 18 ones
    found to date.

    Movsissyan says that the plane took off from Yerevan 01:47 AM. Because
    of bad weather over Georgia the captain decided to go back to Yerevan,
    but the controller said that the weather was improving and the plane
    could land in Sochi. 03:15 AM the plane disappeared.

    According to the preliminary information, the plane crashed because
    of bad weather, but the final answer will be given only after the
    investigation. Movsissyan says that before the flight the plane was
    in normal technical condition and its 10 tons of fuel were enough for
    coming back to Yerevan - from Yerevan to Sochi a plane consumes only
    3.5 tons of fuel.

    Movsissyan says that A-320 was produced in 1995 and was insured.

    Today the Armenian President called a meeting and gave instructions to
    relevant services. One more Armavia plane with relatives and experts
    onboard flew to Sochi today morning.

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    ARMAVIA' S A-320 PASSENGER PLANE CRASHES NEAR SOCHI

    Yerevan, May 3. ArmInfo. A-320 plane of the Armavia company (Armenia)
    crashed near Sochi (Russia) today 03:38 AM.

    The press secretary of the chief department of civil aviation of
    Armenia Gayane Davtyan says that the plane with 105 people onboard
    was flying from Yerevan to Sochi. When approaching Sochi, because of
    bad weather, the crew was told to make one more turn and suddently
    disappeared. Some time later its debris were found in the sea.

    According to the preliminary information, all passengers and crew -
    65 men, 36 women, 6 children and 8 pilots died.

    Davtyan says that 9 experts have gone to Sochi to inquire into the
    circumstances of the crash.

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    18 BODIES OF PASSENGERS OF ARMAVIA'S CRASHED PLANE FOUND IN BLACK SEA

    Yerevan, May 3. ArmInfo. 18 bodies of passengers of the crashed A-320
    plane of the Armavia company (Armenia) have been found in the Black
    Sea, report Russian sources. Also found are debris, fragments of
    bodies, baggage. The plane fell 300 meters deep into the sea.

    It was produced by Airbus Industry, the biggest European concern,
    in 1987 for short and medium distance flight. It flew for the first
    time Feb 22 1987.

    The search is underway. The plane was making a crash landing. It
    flew from Yerevan to Sochi and got lost from radars 02:15 AM. The
    prosecutor's office of Sochi has instituted criminal proceedings in
    the case "violation of the rules of aircraft exploitation."

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    AR MENIAN PRESIDENT EXTENDS HIS CONDOLENCES TO RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
    OF THOSE KILLED IN TODAY'S AIR CRASH

    Yerevan, May 3. ArmInfo. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan extended
    his deep condolences to the relatives and friends of the passengers
    and the pilots of the Armavia's plane that crashed today night while
    flying from Yerevan to Sochi.

    "I was deeply grieved to learn about the night crash.

    I extend my deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of the
    passengers and the pilots. I assure that all the aggrieved families
    will be provided with support and our authorities will do their best
    to find out the reasons of the crash," says Kocharyan.
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