‘Black Box’ of crashed Armenian jet fighter found
04.12.2018,
18:35
Armenian military prosecutors have initiated a criminal case into the crash of a Su-25 fighter jet that killed two crew members.
YEREVAN, December 4. /ARKA/. Armenian military prosecutors have initiated a criminal case into the crash of a Su-25 fighter jet that killed two crew members. The debris of the jet was found in the mountains near the town of Maralik in the northwestern province of Shirak, the defense ministry said earlier today.
The so-called black box (flight recorder) of the fighter jet was found, an adviser to the head of the Investigative Committee Sona Truzyan wrote on her Facebook page.
The killed pilots are lieutenant colonel Armen Babayan and major Movses Manukyan. The aircraft took off from Gyumri airport on a planned training flight at 10:06 a.m. and disappeared from radars 14 minutes later.
The criminal case was initiated on the grounds of part 2 of Article 378 (violation of flight rules or preparation for it, resulting in the death of two or more people) of the Armenian Criminal Code. The investigation was entrusted to the Chief Military Investigation Department.
Su-25 is a single-seat twin-engine ground attack aircraft that entered series production in 1978. The Su-25UBK is a two-seat trainer version of the aircraft. -0-
The so-called black box (flight recorder) of the fighter jet was found, an adviser to the head of the Investigative Committee Sona Truzyan wrote on her Facebook page.
The killed pilots are lieutenant colonel Armen Babayan and major Movses Manukyan. The aircraft took off from Gyumri airport on a planned training flight at 10:06 a.m. and disappeared from radars 14 minutes later.
The criminal case was initiated on the grounds of part 2 of Article 378 (violation of flight rules or preparation for it, resulting in the death of two or more people) of the Armenian Criminal Code. The investigation was entrusted to the Chief Military Investigation Department.
Su-25 is a single-seat twin-engine ground attack aircraft that entered series production in 1978. The Su-25UBK is a two-seat trainer version of the aircraft. -0-
