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NAMES OF ARMENIAN CREW MEMBERS DEAD IN PLANE CRASH IN SOUTH SUDAN ISSUED
4 November, 2015
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. The names of the crew members of
AH-12 plane crashed in South Sudanhave become known:
According to the preliminary information disseminated by Armenia's
MFA, the members were: Pilot-in-commad Gevorg Tovmasyan, Second pilot
Samvel Hambartsumyan, Panel operator Samvel Mrtchyan, Aeromechanic
Armen Antonyan, Aeromechanic Suren Petrosyan.
The plane belonged to Tajik airline company Asia Airways.
A number of Russian media spread information that cargo plane which
crashed in South Sudan was registered in Armenia and was owned by an
Armenian organization.
Reuters reported on November 4 that a Russian-built cargo plane with
passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the
airport in South Sudan's capital, killing at least 41 people on the
flight and on the ground. A crew member and a child on board survived,
presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny told Reuters. Shortly after
taking off from Juba airport the plane came down on the banks of the
White Nile River, leaving a tail fin and lumps of fuselage strewn in
vegetation close to the water.
The plane may have had about 20 people on board, including crew and
"probably" 10 to 15 passengers, but as Ateny said they had to confirm
how many people were on board.
NAMES OF ARMENIAN CREW MEMBERS DEAD IN PLANE CRASH IN SOUTH SUDAN ISSUED
4 November, 2015
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. The names of the crew members of
AH-12 plane crashed in South Sudanhave become known:
According to the preliminary information disseminated by Armenia's
MFA, the members were: Pilot-in-commad Gevorg Tovmasyan, Second pilot
Samvel Hambartsumyan, Panel operator Samvel Mrtchyan, Aeromechanic
Armen Antonyan, Aeromechanic Suren Petrosyan.
The plane belonged to Tajik airline company Asia Airways.
A number of Russian media spread information that cargo plane which
crashed in South Sudan was registered in Armenia and was owned by an
Armenian organization.
Reuters reported on November 4 that a Russian-built cargo plane with
passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the
airport in South Sudan's capital, killing at least 41 people on the
flight and on the ground. A crew member and a child on board survived,
presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny told Reuters. Shortly after
taking off from Juba airport the plane came down on the banks of the
White Nile River, leaving a tail fin and lumps of fuselage strewn in
vegetation close to the water.
The plane may have had about 20 people on board, including crew and
"probably" 10 to 15 passengers, but as Ateny said they had to confirm
how many people were on board.
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