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Armenian Foreign Ministry: A 42-year-old Armen Virabyan killed in air
crash in Sudan
arminfo
Tuesday, August 21, 17:15
The citizens of Armenia who was killed in an air crash in Sudan on
August 19 has been identified, Tigran Balayan, Armenian Foreign
Ministry Spokesperson, told ArmInfo.
A 42-year-old Armen Virabyan was among the passengers of AN-26 that
crashed in Sudan, Balayan said.
31 people including at least one Sudanese minister were killed when a
plane taking them to an Islamic festival crashed in the south of the
country on August 19.
The Russian Embassy in Sudan reports that among the killed passengers
were also a citizen of Russia and citizens of Armenia and Tajikistan.
The chartered plane AN-26 belonging to Alfa-1 Sudanese air company was
carrying a Sudanese delegation, including government ministers, to
South Kordofan, a war-torn state with ongoing fighting between Sudan's
army and rebel groups, to attend prayers for Eid al-Fitr, at the end
of Ramadan. All the people on board died in he crash, among them were
Guidance and Religious Endowments Minister Ghazi al-Sadiq Abdel Rahim,
Justice Party Chairman Makki Ali Balayil, State minister at the Youth
and Sports Ministry Mahjub Abdel Rahim Tutu, State minister at the
Ministry of Tourism, Antiquities and Wildlife Issa Daifallah, several
ranking members of the security forces, several officials from
Khartoum, media representatives and six crew members.
crash in Sudan
arminfo
Tuesday, August 21, 17:15
The citizens of Armenia who was killed in an air crash in Sudan on
August 19 has been identified, Tigran Balayan, Armenian Foreign
Ministry Spokesperson, told ArmInfo.
A 42-year-old Armen Virabyan was among the passengers of AN-26 that
crashed in Sudan, Balayan said.
31 people including at least one Sudanese minister were killed when a
plane taking them to an Islamic festival crashed in the south of the
country on August 19.
The Russian Embassy in Sudan reports that among the killed passengers
were also a citizen of Russia and citizens of Armenia and Tajikistan.
The chartered plane AN-26 belonging to Alfa-1 Sudanese air company was
carrying a Sudanese delegation, including government ministers, to
South Kordofan, a war-torn state with ongoing fighting between Sudan's
army and rebel groups, to attend prayers for Eid al-Fitr, at the end
of Ramadan. All the people on board died in he crash, among them were
Guidance and Religious Endowments Minister Ghazi al-Sadiq Abdel Rahim,
Justice Party Chairman Makki Ali Balayil, State minister at the Youth
and Sports Ministry Mahjub Abdel Rahim Tutu, State minister at the
Ministry of Tourism, Antiquities and Wildlife Issa Daifallah, several
ranking members of the security forces, several officials from
Khartoum, media representatives and six crew members.