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    TRAFFIC CONTROLLER TOLD CRASHED AIRLINER TO CLIMB - INVESTIGATOR

    RIA Novosti, Russia
    May 11 2006

    MOSCOW, May 11 (RIA Novosti) - Air traffic controllers ordered an
    Armenian passenger plane to gain altitude before it crashed over the
    Black Sea last week killing 113 people, an investigation committee
    official said Thursday.

    "It has been established that, due to poor weather, during landing
    an air traffic controller told the crew to stop descending and
    to make a right turn while simultaneously gaining altitude," said
    Aleksei Morozov, the head of the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK)
    department on investigation of plane crashes.

    "The plane started to turn right and gain altitude, but then it began
    to descend and crashed into the water," Morozov said.

    The Airbus A-320 operated by Armenia's Armavia was flying from the
    Armenian capital, Yerevan, to Adler airport, which services the
    popular Russian resort of Sochi, when it crashed 6 kilometers off
    the Russian coast early Wednesday morning last week.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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