Armenian airplane to continue the flight to Aleppo in a few hours
14:25, 15 October, 2012
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS: The staff of the Armenian plane,
undergoing technical examination, does the preparatory works, examine
the cargo and give appropriate laboratory tests. `Everything will be
ready after a few hours and the plane will continue its flight' Arsen
Avetisyan the director of `Air Armenia' informed Armenpress.
Initially it was decided to land the plane in Ayntap but Turkey
declared that there was no appropriate equipment for checking
humanitarian cargo. `There was an agreement with Turkey about the
plane to land in one of the airports, and the sides chose airport of
Erzurum' Avetisyan said.
Turkish press tried to report that Turkey forced Armenian airplane to
land but Armenian NA deputy Vahan Hovhannisyan highlighted that the
plane flying Yerevan-Erzurum-Aleppo had not been forced landing. The
plane flying in the framework of `Help your Brother' initiative, which
was sending a humanitarian cargo to Syrian nation hadn't been forced
to land, as there was an initial agreement with Turkey' informed Vahan
Hovhannisyan.
The plane transferring humanitarian aid for Syria landed in Erzurum by
preliminary agreement for regular examinations on October 15.
14:25, 15 October, 2012
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS: The staff of the Armenian plane,
undergoing technical examination, does the preparatory works, examine
the cargo and give appropriate laboratory tests. `Everything will be
ready after a few hours and the plane will continue its flight' Arsen
Avetisyan the director of `Air Armenia' informed Armenpress.
Initially it was decided to land the plane in Ayntap but Turkey
declared that there was no appropriate equipment for checking
humanitarian cargo. `There was an agreement with Turkey about the
plane to land in one of the airports, and the sides chose airport of
Erzurum' Avetisyan said.
Turkish press tried to report that Turkey forced Armenian airplane to
land but Armenian NA deputy Vahan Hovhannisyan highlighted that the
plane flying Yerevan-Erzurum-Aleppo had not been forced landing. The
plane flying in the framework of `Help your Brother' initiative, which
was sending a humanitarian cargo to Syrian nation hadn't been forced
to land, as there was an initial agreement with Turkey' informed Vahan
Hovhannisyan.
The plane transferring humanitarian aid for Syria landed in Erzurum by
preliminary agreement for regular examinations on October 15.