INTERSTATE AVIATION COMMITTEE BRIEFS CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE AUTHORITIES ON CRASHED ARMENIAN PLANE’S VIDEO FLIGHT RECORDERS
February 28, 2013 | 12:26
The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) briefed the Transport
Ministry of the Republic of the Congo, with respect to the video
flight recorders of the Armenian aircraft that had crashed in capital
city Brazzaville in November 2012. The IAC had received the flight
recorders on Tuesday.
“The vide flight recorders have mechanical damage. [But] the Interstate
Aviation Committee specialists have conducted information recovery and
reading. All data, which the video flight recorders of the aircraft
have recorded, are copied and submitted to the delegation of the
Transport Ministry of the Republic of the Congo,” specifically reads
the statement which RIA Novosti News Agency of Russia cited.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, a cargo plane belonging to
an Armenia company crashed on November 30, 2012 while attempting to
land at the airport of Republic of the Congo capital city Brazzaville.
The accident claimed thirty lives including seven crew members,
among whom five citizens of Armenia.
The Congo-Brazzaville authorities are conducting an investigation
to determine the cause of the accident. According to eyewitnesses,
the plane had crashed as a result of a lightning strike.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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