Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

ANKARA: Turkish minister: Syria-Bound Armenian plane landed voluntar

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • ANKARA: Turkish minister: Syria-Bound Armenian plane landed voluntar

    Anadolu Agency, Turkey
    Oct 15 2012

    Turkish minister: Syria-Bound Armenian plane landed voluntarily


    Trabzon, 15 October: Turkish transport minister has said the pilot of
    a Syria-bound Armenian plane that landed Monday in Turkey had grounded
    the aircraft voluntarily as Turkish authorities continued searching
    the plane's cargo.

    "A plane which took off from Armenia had made a 'technical landing'
    which means that the pilot requested on his own will a permission to
    land," Binali Yildirim told reporters in the northern province of
    Trabzon.

    Turkish diplomatic sources said Air Armenia Airlines filed last week
    on Wednesday a request to use the Turkish airspace, and that Turkey
    had granted the Armenian plane the permission only on the condition
    that Turkish authorities searched the cargo.

    Sources added that the grounding of the plane was a routine procedure
    and it complied with the 1944 Chicago Convention on Civil Aviation.

    Sources said Armenian officials had declared that the cargo of the
    Antonov 12 plane of the Air Armenia Airlines included humanitarian aid
    and food stuffs.

    "We have barred all Syrian-flagged aircraft to use Turkish airspace.
    Our decision is aimed at preventing more civilian casualties in the
    civil war in Syria. We will not let our airspace be used for
    activities that could lead to the death of civilians," Yildirim said.

Working...
X