December 17, 2005 - 13:21 AMT
Plane from Yerevan Had to Land in Baku
The violation of refueling rules at Zvartnots Yerevan airport resulted in a forced landing of a foreign plane in Baku. Sessna 525 owned by Silver Birde German company, had to land at the Baku airport December 16 afternoon. In the words of Deputy Chief of AZAL State Concern Arif Mamedov, the plane, following the route Frankfurt-Istanbul-Yerevan-Ashkhabad-Kabul, was refueled at Zvartnots airport falling short of the norms, specifically not equal amount of fuel was poured into the plane tanks. Pilots tried to fix the problem in the air, however it became worse and posed a threat of an accident. The plane was refueled in Baku. Then it left the Baku airport, reported IA Regnum.