YEREVAN. -- Ten years have passed since the airliner A-320 owned by Armavia crashed near Sochi. The airliner, flying from Yerevan to Sochi, crashed on May 3 at night, while approaching the airport of Adler.
The plane crashed into the Black Sea at a distance of 5-6 km from the coast. There were 113 people on board: 105 passengers, including 6 children and 8 crewmembers. They all died.
The prosecutor’s office of Krasnodar region initiated a criminal case related to the disaster under article 263, part 3 of the Criminal Code (violation of safety rules and operation of the air transports which entails deaths of two or more people). The tragedy occurred at about 2 am. The plane was approaching the airport in bad weather. According to the IAC, the reason of the crash was the crew error. The company did not agree with that version.
