The pilot in command of the cargo plane that crashed in the Congolese capital Friday, Nov 30 evening, has been identified.
“This was Varazdat Balasanyan, a citizen of Armenia,” spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan told PanARMENIAN.Net
The bodies of Armenian citizens who died in Congolese plane crash will be identified in the days to come, Armenian Foreign Ministry’s Facebook page said.
On November 30, about 30 people, including the crew of 7; 5 of them Armenian citizens, were killed when Il76 Armenian cargo plane chartered by Aéro-Service Congolese airline skidded off the runway and crashed into houses and a bar in the Congolese capital.
Earlier, spokesperson for Armenia’s General Department of Civil Aviation, Ms. Nelly Cherchinyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that the crew consisted of 7 people, of whom 5 were Armenian citizens.
Among those perished are Ara Tovmasyan; Andranik Gevorgyan; Edgar Avetyan, born 1989.
The Ilyushin plane, registered with local company Aero-services, was flying in from the western port city of Pointe Noire carrying cars and other goods.
Monday 3 December 2012
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