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Armenia Civil Aviation: Plane that crashed in South Sudan belonged to Tajik airline

November 4, 2015 By administrator

YEREVAN. – The Armenian government-affiliated General Department of Civil Aviation (GDCA) confirmed that five crew members of the cargo aircraft, which crashed in South Sudan on Wednesday, were Armenian.

Press secretary of the GDCA, Ruben Grdzelyan, told Armenian News-NEWS.am that the plane belonged to a Tajik airline.

“According to preliminary data, five crew members are Armenian,” he said. “Now, we are checking the details from our colleagues in Tajikistan.”

According to preliminary information, the aircraft, which was carrying five Russian citizens, crashed immediately after take-off, and just 800 meters from the airport of the South Sudanese capital city of Juba.

The local media put the death toll as high as 40.

It is noted that there were two survivors, including a child, reported LifeNews, which is a Russian news website and TV.

Eyewitnesses said the plane’s pieces were scattered all along the White Nile

All 224 people aboard a Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt early Saturday have been confirmed dead No Armenian citizens

October 31, 2015 By administrator

YEREVAN. – There were no Armenian citizens on the board of Russian plane that crashed in Egypt, Armenian Foreign Ministry told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

At the same time it is still unclear whether citizens of other countries of Armenian descent were on board.

A Russian aircraft carrying 217 passengers and seven crew members crashed Saturday in Egypt.
All 224 people aboard a Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt have been confirmed dead
Saturday, October 31, 2015 9:08 AM EDT
All 224 people aboard a Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt early Saturday have been confirmed dead, officials say.
An Egyptian cabinet statement on Saturday morning said that military aircraft had spotted the wreckage of the Airbus plane in a mountainous area in Sinai. The Russian Embassy in Cairo said in a tweet that all on board the plane had been killed.

“psychological warfare” or “FACT” CNN report Russian Missiles Aimed at Syria Crashed in Iran,?

October 8, 2015 By administrator

However, Iranian state media made no immediate mention of the reports on Thursday, but one semi-official outlet, the Fars News Agency, noted the CNN report and called it an example of American propaganda against the Russians. They also called it “psychological warfare.”

Iranian Twitter and Facebook users did not immediately note any explosions in the area between the Caspian Sea and the Iraqi border.