Yerevan-Sochi Plane Crashed

PanARMENIAN.Net - Airbus-320 owned by Armenia's Armavia carrier and following Yerevan-Sochi route crashed into the Black Sea off the Russian coast most likely over bad weather conditions. The plane was conveying 113 passengers including 23 Russian citizens. They all died. The place was trying to land in the airport of Adler, however the control officers did not allow the landing because of bad weather conditions. The communication with the plane was lost at 2.12 a.m., six minutes before the scheduled landing in the Sochi (Adler) airport. A criminal case according to Article 263.2 of the Penal Code (violation of operation of aircraft) was initiated. The A-320 wreckage of the plane lay 300 meter deep in the Emeretin bay.