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Varazdat Balasanyan was the captain of Congo crashed aircraft
14:39, 1 December, 2012
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 1 ARMENPRESS: The name of the captain of crashed
IL-76 cargo aircraft in Congo is Varadzat Balasanyan. Identity of the
victims is being clarified. Armenpress was informed from the Armenian
MFA spokesman Tigran Balayan who affirmed the information that pilots
of IL-76 cargo aircraft crashed in Congo were Armenian citizens. Press
Secretary of the Department of Civil Aviation Nelly Cherchinyan
informed Armenpress that according to preliminary data 5 of 7 members
of the staff who died in the plane crash were Armenian citizens. They
were contract-based workers. Details are being defined.
According to the preliminary version cargo aircraft of Trans Air Congo
crashed because of the strong lightening, the plane wing drop down and
collided with houses. Due to the preliminary information there are 30
people dead and 20 wounded in a result. Cargo plane has crashed at
Brazzaville Airport, in Congo's capital. Congo airport was closed just
after the disaster. Firefighters, rescuers and police are working at
the place.
14:39, 1 December, 2012
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 1 ARMENPRESS: The name of the captain of crashed
IL-76 cargo aircraft in Congo is Varadzat Balasanyan. Identity of the
victims is being clarified. Armenpress was informed from the Armenian
MFA spokesman Tigran Balayan who affirmed the information that pilots
of IL-76 cargo aircraft crashed in Congo were Armenian citizens. Press
Secretary of the Department of Civil Aviation Nelly Cherchinyan
informed Armenpress that according to preliminary data 5 of 7 members
of the staff who died in the plane crash were Armenian citizens. They
were contract-based workers. Details are being defined.
According to the preliminary version cargo aircraft of Trans Air Congo
crashed because of the strong lightening, the plane wing drop down and
collided with houses. Due to the preliminary information there are 30
people dead and 20 wounded in a result. Cargo plane has crashed at
Brazzaville Airport, in Congo's capital. Congo airport was closed just
after the disaster. Firefighters, rescuers and police are working at
the place.