Fly Armenia's certificate suspended amid Boeing mysteryJune 14, 2021 - 17:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Civil Aviation Committee has suspended the air operator's certificate of Fly Armenia Airways whose plane, a Boeing 737-300, mysteriously found its way to Iran in February. Armenia's aviation authorities probed the incident and found technical flaws undermining flight safety, the Committee said on Monday, June 14. The Committee added, however, the investigation is still ongoing and that the results will be submitted to the National Security Service. The 737-300 departed Tallinn in February; its destination, according to Armenian authorities, should have been Hostomel in Ukraine, where it would be brought into shape and returned to the airline at a later date. But the plane headed south to Varan, Bulgaria instead, which is bizarre, given that Bulgaria, as well as Romania and the Baltic states through which the aircraft passed, are in the EU, and the EU has banned Armenian aircraft from flying through its airspace since June last year. The following day, a plane with the same transponder left Bulgaria and entered Iranian airspace at around that same day. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |