ARMENIAN AIRLINES DELEGATION LEFT FOR IRAN FOR INVESTIGATION OF YAK-40 PLANE CRASH

May 18, 2001 - 17:34 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - YEREVAN, May 18. /Mediamax/. Delegation of Armenian Airlines company arrived in Iran Thursday for investigation of reasons of Yak-40 plane's crash.

The Yak-40, which according to unofficial data belonged to the Armenian Airlines and was leased by one of the Iranian air companies, crashed in the morning of May 17th. IRNA informs that representative of Civil Aviation of Iran, Reza Jafarzade has said that the Armenian colleagues will take part in investigation in the place of the crash.

According to him, this was decided during negotiations with the Armenian party, because the commander of the crashed plane Ashot Amirpikian, co-pilot Aram Vardanian and other three crew members, Robert Hakopian, Hamlet Khatian and Sarkis Grigroian were Armenian citizens.

According to unconfirmed data, all the passengers and crewmembers of Yak-40 died as a result of the crash, including the Transport Minister of Iran Rahman Dadmani.

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