Pashinyan expressed condolences to Putin in connection with the crash of the AN-24 aircraft in the Amur region

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed his condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin following the crash of the AN-24 passenger plane in the Amur region. The corresponding telegram was posted on the Armenian Prime Minister's website on July 24.

"Please accept my sincere condolences in connection with the tragic death of passengers of AN An-24 civil aircraft operated by Angara Airlines en route Khabarovsk – Blagoveshchensk–Tynda," the statement reads.

The Prime Minister also conveyed words of sympathy to the families and relatives of those killed in the accident.

An AN-24 passenger plane crashed in the Amur region. The main thing

The AN-24 passenger plane crashed 15 km from Tynda in the Amur region on July 24. The aircraft was en route Khabarovsk — Blagoveshchensk — Tynda and stopped communicating. Later, his burning fuselage was found on the ground. All passengers and crew members were killed.

A criminal case has been opened into the incident. The presumed versions of the crash are a technical malfunction and a human factor.

The Russian leader expressed his condolences to the families and friends of those killed in the shipwreck. At the beginning of the meeting on the development of the submarine forces of the Navy, the Head of State announced a minute of silence in memory of the victims.

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