BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

14/02/2008

Armenia Started Decoding Flight Recorders of Crashed Airline

Armenia started decoding the process of flight recorders of crashed airplane of Belavia company in the Yerevan airport, Artem Movsiyan, the chief of Central Citizen Aviation Department of Armenia, stated

"We have started decoding the process of four recorders. Armenia cannot carry out the process independently, as the company is badly informed about this mar of the airplanes," News-Armenia reported. According to Movsiyan, there are plans to involve the officials from Belarus and Canada to the process.

"The speed of decoding of flight recorders will depend on the degree of damage of recorders," Movsiyan added. The crashed airplane was produced by German company in Canada in 1999. The company is leased by Belarus.

The pilots of the aircraft have flied for a year. The pilots had no health problems and also never used alcohol. Eighteen passengers and three members of the crew were injured, but no loss of life has been reported.

Source:

http://news.trendaz.com/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1135518&lang=EN

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