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26 October 2006 - 13:42 AMT

No Pressure Put upon A-320 Pilots by Passengers

No pressure was put upon pilots of A-320 liner, which crashed near Sochi May 3, 2006, stated Arshak Nalbandyan, the Head of the Department of Flight Security of Armavia company – the owner of the plane. In his words, the data available evidences there were no strangers in the cockpit. The decision on landing the liner was made in compliance with the norms, he noted, adding the control over the situation was lost during the second attempt to land. He also denied reports on explosion aboard. «I thought it was the case myself, but French experts did not detect traces of explosion on fragments,» he added. He also denied reports that there was lack of fuel, reports IA Regnum.