150 passengers on board a flight from Tehran to Yerevan feared dead

[Federate]

Re: 150 passengers on board a flight from Tehran to Yerevan feared dead

Israeli Ambassador pays secret visit to Armenia


Israeli Ambassador to Armenia Shemi Tsur (residence in Israel) is on a visit to Yerevan. Although the Ambassador has held numerous meetings with Armenian officials, his visit was not announced. The RA Foreign Office explained to NEWS. am that Tsur did not hold a meeting with the RA Foreign Minister, and the Deputy Minister receives over ten ambassadors daily. All the visits are not normally announced. Tigran Balyan, Press Secretary of the RA Foreign Office, said Ambassador Tsur’s visit is a regular working one and “no special significance should be attached to it.”

Ambassador Tsur has held a meeting with Rima Varzhapetyan, the Head of the xxxish community in Armenia. They discussed the recent scandal over an article on Armenia allegedly being a transit point for the supply of arms to Hezbollah. The article was published by the Italian Corriere della sera. Talking to NEWS.am, Ms. Varzhapetyan stated Israel does not regard this report as serious. “Israel is interested in friendly relations with Armenia,” she said. Varzhapetyan pointed out reports like that are aimed at damaging relations between countries, but the attempts are doomed to fail. Ambassador Tsur, in turn, stated Israel does not regard such reports as serious either.

Mr. Tsur’s statements could be considered satisfactory, and the report forgotten, but for the fact that his visit has been made a secret of. It is the secret, which is mostly likely aimed at “protecting” him from importunate journalists, that suggests Mr. Tsur is unwilling to comment on or refute this information. According to the reliable information at our disposal, Ambassador Tsur is to stay in Armenia until this Friday.

http://news.am/en/news/2446.html

[Haykakan]

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HUMAN ERROR BLAMED FOR IRAN AIR CRASH

PRESS TV
Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:46:35 GMT

Iran's Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) says pilot error and excessive
landing speed were the main causes of the Aria Qeshm plane crash in
the city of Mashhad on July 24.

Of the 153 passengers and 15 crew, 16 people were killed when a
Russian-built Ilyushin Il-62M, owned by a Kazakh company and leased
by Iran's Aria Qeshm company, overshot the runway after touchdown
and smashed through a perimeter wall.

The incident also saw 31 people injured who were immediately taken
to nearby hospitals for treatment.

Faramarz Sarvi, the director of the CAO Flight Standards Department,
said that after more than 4,200 hours of investigation and based
on information retrieved from the plane's black boxes, officials
found that human error, not equipment failure, had led to the tragic
incident.

"Because of the high-speed, the pilot apparently lost control of the
plane upon landing, causing it to run off the runway," said Sarvi,
adding that both the plane and its crew had passed all pre-flight
safety inspections before take-off.

Sarvi rejected reports suggesting that the crew were involved in a
heated argument at the time of the crash, although the xxxxpit voice
recorder indicated to distractive conversations between the pilot
and Mehdi Dadpey, the airline's managing director, who was onboard.

He added that this was a breach of proper xxxxpit management and
played a significant role in the crash.

The incident was the second major airline catastrophe to have befallen
Iran in a period of 10 days.

On July 15, an airliner went down near Jannat-abad village, killing
all 168 people onboard. The plane, a Russian-made Tupolev Tu-154M
belonging to Iran's Caspian Airlines, was flying from Tehran to


You gotta be pissed at this, basicly all those people died because a couple of a-holes were arguing.

[Eddo211]

Re: 150 passengers on board a flight from Tehran to Yerevan feared dead

http://news.am/en/news/2296.html[/url]

This is correct as far as I can tell Federate. Israeli news websites that I visit play it down and in the 'talk backs' majority are making fun of it.

What a dirty business......

[Federate]

Re: 150 passengers on board a flight from Tehran to Yerevan feared dead

Baku residents bring charge against Armenia


“We don’t take this information seriously,” Shemi Tsuri, Israeli Ambassador to Armenia stated, commenting on the statement of arms intended for Hezbollah aboard the TU-154 crashed aircraft. The statement was voiced during the Otkritaya Studiya (Open Studio) program on the Israel+ TV channel. They say the crash was caused by a blast of the arms. The claim was previously made by the Italian Corriere della sera daily.

Noubar Aslanyan, a member of the Armenian and Israeli Composers’ Unions, invited to the program stated that had previously hosted David Kon and Alex Veksler (emigrated from Baku to Israel) spread slander about Armenia, which, “being Iran’s friend and Israel’s enemy,” tried to supply arms to the latter’s enemies.

After this program Noubar Aslanyan applied to Israeli Ambassador and received a reply that Israel does not take this information seriously.

http://news.am/en/news/2296.html

[Federate]

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Armenia denies gun running for Hezbollah


YEREVAN, August 3 (RIA Novosti) - Armenia denied on Monday reports that an airliner that crashed on July 15 was carrying arms for the Lebanon-based radical Hezbollah group.

The Iranian Caspian Airlines Tu-154, en route from Tehran to Yerevan, crashed 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the Iranian capital killing all 168 people on board.

Some foreign media earlier said the airliner crashed following an explosion in the hold.

"We do not have such information. There are no grounds for it. The dissemination of such information is an unfriendly step with regard to Armenia," said Serob Karapetyan, head of flight security at Armenia's Civilian Aviation Administration.

He added that according to the Interstate Aviation Committee, the crash was caused by an engine fire.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20090803/155715133.html

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Caspian Airlines Denies Transport of Ammunition on Ill-Fated Flight


TEHRAN (Armenpress)—The Yerevan office of the Iranian carrier Caspian Airlines Monday denied that the ill-fated flight from Tehran to Yerevan that crashed on July 15 had weapons and ammunition on board.

The Italian “Corriere della sera” newspaper reported that weapons and ammunition were on board the flight and were intended for ground transport from Armenia to Hezbollah factions in Syria and Lebanon.

The newspaper reported that the crash resulted from the explosion of the ammunition and was part of a covert operation by Iran’s government to supply weapons to Hezbollah.

The Caspian Airlines officials insisted that the decoding of the “black boxes” was still under way.

http://www.asbarez.com/2009/08/03/caspian-airlines-denies-transport-of-ammunition-on-ill-fated-flight/

[RedVixey]

Re: 150 passengers on board a flight from Tehran to Yerevan feared dead

Ingorance is a bliss.

[Haykakan]

Re: 150 passengers on board a flight from Tehran to Yerevan feared dead

This is so sad, I am terrifed to go on planes I finally did last week I was scared out of my mind. It is a tragic bless on their souls, may they rest in peace :-(

George W. would suggest you go shopping to deal with your grief. And then we wonder what is wrong with the USA.

[RedVixey]

Re: 150 passengers on board a flight from Tehran to Yerevan feared dead

This is so sad, I am terrifed to go on planes I finally did last week I was scared out of my mind. It is a tragic bless on their souls, may they rest in peace :-(

[Haykakan]

Re: 150 passengers on board a flight from Tehran to Yerevan feared dead

This story is getting fishier all the time. The xxxs want to kill any transit or cooperation between Armenia and Iran and they blew up this plain to do it from what it sounds like. This can be declared a act of war. xxxx the xxxs and xxxx isreal.

[KanadaHye]

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Yeah, this story is posted on many Israeli websites. I guess they want to spread the rumour that the explosives were put on the plane by Iranians so they can be exonerated of any wrong doing.