Airzena confirms death of two Armenians in UN aircraft crash in CongoApril 5, 2011 - 14:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Two Armenians - citizens of Georgia - were killed in the crash of Airzena Georgian Airways’ aircraft, which served the UN mission in Congo. Deputy Director of Airzena air company told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that captain Alexey Hovhannisyan and technician Albert Manukyan are among those killed in the crash. All 33 people on board of the plane – citizens of various countries, including Russia and Kazakhstan, have died. Spokesperson for Airzena air company Nino Giorgobiani confirmed the fact of the airplane crash earlier. “Because of heavy rain and wind, the aircraft struck the runway, broke up and caught fire while landing,” she said. According to Giorgobiani, only bad weather could serve as a reason for the catastrophe. “We have been serving the UN mission for three years, and the aircraft underwent the last inspection on December 22. It had no problems,” she said. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |