STALL MAIN VERSION OF A-320 AIRBUS CRASH
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.05.2006 15:07 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Stall in the main version of crash of A-320 Airbus
of Armavia air company, former Chair of General Department of Civil
Aviation of Armenia, Chair of the National Aviation Union, USSR
honored pilot Dmitry Atbashyan told journalists in Yerevan.
“In my opinion, based on preliminary data, the first version of the
crash is stall. The plane started falling down due to stall, which
resulted in a spin and crash,” he remarked.
Precipitation, which made A-320 wet, are a second version of the
catastrophe cause. “The resistance of a wet plane increases several
times, thus the engine traction might have been insufficient,” he said.
In Atbashyan’s words, another version may be the storm near Sochi
airport. “The airbus might crash also resulting from a thunderbolt,”
he emphasized, reports Novosti Armenia.

WILL SERGE SARGSYAN LEAVE FOR BAKU?
A1+
[01:37 pm] 06 May, 2006
The next session of the CIS countries Defense Ministers Council will
take plane on May 31 in Baku, Azeri news agency “Trend” informs.
Issues about cooperation in the defense and military technical fields,
combat against international terrorism and exchange of information
will be discussed.

11 MILLION 900 THOUSAND AMD GATHERED
A1+
[02:57 pm] 06 May, 2006
The Ministry of Finance and Economy informs that by 11 AM today the
special account opened in order to help the families of the victims
of the A-320 crash has already gathered 12 900 000 AMD.
Yesterday evening there was 12 599 000 AMD on the account, that is
to day 310 000 less than now. The Ministry of Finance promised to
give fresh information about new sums after 04:00 PM.

“ARMAVIA” WILL BUY NEW PLANES
A1+
[03:43 pm] 06 May, 2006
Aviation company “Armavia” intends to buy three airbuses by financial
leasing. Next week the company will have another airbus A-320 produced
in 1994 or 1995. Later on two more airbuses will be bought.
At present “Armavia” has one A-320 and two A-319 airbuses. Besides,
the company also has an IL-86, a YaK-42 and a YaK-40.
Let us remind you that “Armavia” had five airbuses one of which
crashed on May 3 while flying from Yerevan to Sochi and the other
burnt to ashes last night in the hangar of the Belgian company
“Sabena Technics”.

DO THEY WANT TO HIDE REASONS FOR A-320 CRASH
Panorama.am
14:43 06/05/06
Renown pilot, the former head of the Armenian Civil Aviation Dmitry
Adbashyan is sure that “black box” recorders will be taken out of the
sea today because many parties are interested in that, particularly
the French Airbus is willing to prove that A-320 is not to be blamed
in the accident. Adbashyan says this uncertain situation is in the
interest of Georgians who try to politicize the issue.
The former head thinks those who say that black boxes may be damaged
in the sea only try to close the case.
“The recorders are made of very firm metal. They record all the
information in the airplane. They also provide data on the speed level,
height, etc. They are not damaged even under 1100 Celsius heat and
can stay under water for one month,” he said.

PRESIDENT’S UNWILLINGNESS
Panorama.am
13:50 06/05/06
Armenia tries to settle “situational issues,” NA deputy Viktor
DALLAKYAN says referring to the fact that the country lacks a policy
procedure on national security despite of being independent for
16 years.
“It means that our country has not put forward strategic, long – term
targets,” the deputy concluded in a discussion called at Izbushka
yesterday.
The incidence since 1999, let’s say October 27 or the crash of A-320
airliner, indicate that Armenia’s national security fails to function,
Dallakyan said.
He was amazed how energy, ecology, economic social security issues
are at all solved in our country.
Dallakyan recalled that in 2000 Law on National Security Principals
was developed with his own participation, which the parliament passed
in 2003.
However, president Robert Kocharyan has imposed a veto on the law
suggesting to further work on it.
The deputy was not pleased with the fact that the opposition is not
called for the discussions of national security policy procedure,
saying that they should be invited to such discussions. He also said
that non-professional are currently working on that procedure. Vahan
HOVHANNISYAN, NA deputy chairman and member of a group on national
security policy procedure was also present at the discussion but did
not express any objection.

MONUMENT TO AIR CRASH VICTIMS TO BE ERECTED NEAR ARMENIAN CHURCH
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.05.2006 14:25 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Sochi Mayor Victor Kolodyazhny has determined the
place of establishment of a monument to victims of the air crash
of A-320 airbus. “The memorial will be established in a square
next to the Armenian church in Adler,” he reported. The Armenian
church is situated in the center of Adler, not far from the regional
administration and an Orthodox church. The memorial will be set at
the instance of families of the victims. Krasnodar Territory Governor
Alexander Tkachov supported the proposal.

RECORDS ON RECOGNIZING 113 DEATHS IN A-320 CRASH BEING EXECUTED IN SOCHI
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.05.2006 14:48 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Records on recognizing 113 persons dead at the crash
of the Armenian liner are being executed in Sochi on Saturday. At
the meeting of the Governmental Commission for research of the air
crash causes, search of remains and assistance to relatives of the
victims advised all to relatives, who arrived in Sochi, to travel home.
“We will execute all necessary documents on recognition of the
persons dead,” Deputy chair of the Governmental Commission, Russian
Deputy Minister of Transport Sergey Aristov assured relatives of the
victims and journalists. No corpses were found within the past day,
Aristov said after an 11-hour conference of the staff, reports the
National News Agency (Russia).

FUNERAL LITURGY ON ARMENIAN LINER WRECK TO BE SERVED IN POLAND
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.05.2006 15:03 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Due to the latest air crash of Armenian air company’s
plane flying from Yerevan to Sochi, a funeral liturgy will be served in
Krakow tomorrow. Armenian pastor in Poland Tadeush Isakowicz-Zalesky
told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter in Poland. In his words, not only
Armenians, but also Polish people will take part in the liturgy to
commemorate the crash victims.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARMENIAN AIRLINE LOSES SECOND JET
BBC NEWS:
europe/4979252.stm
2006/05/05 22:42:14 GMT
A plane belonging to the Armenian airline Armavia has been destroyed
by fire – only two days after another of its jets crashed, killing
113 people.
The Airbus A320 was in a hangar in Belgium that burned down on Thursday
night. Three other planes in the hangar were also destroyed.
Four workers were injured in the accident in Brussels.
Meanwhile Armenia and Russia have begun periods of mourning for those
killed in Wednesday’s crash in the Black Sea.
Most of the dead were Armenians on a flight from Yerevan to the
Russian Black Sea city of Sochi, which crashed as it was attempting
to land. The plane involved was also an Airbus A320.
Russian searchers believe they have found the plane’s flight recorders,
at a depth of 680m (2,200ft) in the Black Sea.
Ceremonies were held on Friday at the site of the crash, where
relatives threw wreaths of flowers into the waters, and at churches
in Armenia and Russia.
Reserve plane
It was not known what caused the accident in Brussels, where the
Armavia jet was undergoing maintenance by the Belgian company Sabena
Technics.
It means Armavia has lost two of its fleet of five Airbuses within
a few days.
“This was a reserve airliner,” said a spokesman for the airline.
“We hope this accident will not wreck our overall flight schedule,
and we will try and make up for the losses.”
Two other A-320s – one of them belonging to International Armenian
Airlines – and a Belgian warplane were also destroyed in the fire.