Armenian airplane to continue the flight to Aleppo in a few hours

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS: The staff of the Armenian plane, undergoing technical examination, does the preparatory works, examine the cargo and give appropriate laboratory tests. “Everything will be ready after a few hours and the plane will continue its flight” Arsen Avetisyan the director of “Air Armenia” informed Armenpress.

Initially it was decided to land the plane in Ayntap but Turkey declared that there was no appropriate equipment for checking humanitarian cargo. “There was an agreement with Turkey about the plane to land in one of the airports, and the sides chose airport of Erzurum” Avetisyan said.

Turkish press tried to report that Turkey forced Armenian airplane to land but Armenian NA deputy Vahan Hovhannisyan highlighted that the plane flying Yerevan-Erzurum-Aleppo had not been forced landing. The plane flying in the framework of “Help your Brother” initiative, which was sending a humanitarian cargo to Syrian nation hadn’t been forced to land, as there was an initial agreement with Turkey” informed Vahan Hovhannisyan.

The plane transferring humanitarian aid for Syria landed in Erzurum by preliminary agreement for regular examinations on October 15.