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Dec 1 2012
Yerevan says Brazzaville crash plane was Armenian
Published on 1 December 2012 - 7:06pm
A cargo plan that crashed at Brazzaville airport killing at least 27
people belonged to the Armenian freight specialist airline Rij
Airways, the foreign ministry in Yerevan said Saturday.
The plane, carrying seven crew members, crashed as it tried to land in
a storm on Friday.
Most of the victims were local people killed when the plane skidded
off the runway and ploughed into houses and a bar in the Congolese
capital.
"According to initial information, the crew was made up of seven
people, of whom five were Armenian," added Armenian civil aviation
authority spokeswoman Nelli Tchertchinian.
"They all died," she said.
In Brazzaville, a hospital official told AFP there were 27 bodies. It
was not clear if this included the crew.
More than 30 others were injured in the disaster.
The four-engine Ilyushin T76 plane had earlier taken off from the
western port city of Pointe Noire.
http://www.rnw.nl/africa/bulletin/yerevan-says-brazzaville-crash-plane-was-armenian
Dec 1 2012
Yerevan says Brazzaville crash plane was Armenian
Published on 1 December 2012 - 7:06pm
A cargo plan that crashed at Brazzaville airport killing at least 27
people belonged to the Armenian freight specialist airline Rij
Airways, the foreign ministry in Yerevan said Saturday.
The plane, carrying seven crew members, crashed as it tried to land in
a storm on Friday.
Most of the victims were local people killed when the plane skidded
off the runway and ploughed into houses and a bar in the Congolese
capital.
"According to initial information, the crew was made up of seven
people, of whom five were Armenian," added Armenian civil aviation
authority spokeswoman Nelli Tchertchinian.
"They all died," she said.
In Brazzaville, a hospital official told AFP there were 27 bodies. It
was not clear if this included the crew.
More than 30 others were injured in the disaster.
The four-engine Ilyushin T76 plane had earlier taken off from the
western port city of Pointe Noire.
http://www.rnw.nl/africa/bulletin/yerevan-says-brazzaville-crash-plane-was-armenian