May 6, 2006 - 16:10 AMT
Georgia Tries to Politicize Tragedy in Black Sea
Georgia is trying to politicize the tragedy of the Armenian airbus in the Back Sea, former Chair of General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia, Chair of the National Aviation Union, USSR honored pilot Dmitry Atbashyan told journalists in Yerevan. "Official Tbilisi tries to divide Russia and Armenia," he said, when commenting on statements of Georgian dispatcher services that landing the A-320 plane in Sochi airport was not possible due to bad weather.

According to Atbashyan, the data of Sochi dispatcher service could not be less reliable than those of the Georgians. «During the flight constant communication is present between the pilot and dispatchers of the taking off location and the destination,» he said, reports Novosti Armenia.