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Second Armenian plane grounded by Turkey

Other News Materials 8 November 2012 09:20 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 6 /Trend S.Isayev, A. Tagiyeva/

Another Armenian plane on its way to Syria was grounded by Turkey, Dogan Agency reported.

Special group was prepared for search inside the plane, suspecting weapons smuggling. According to the pilot though, the is no weapons on the plane, yet there is humanitarian cargo abroad.

In mid October, an Armenian plane landed in Turkey's Erzurum due to certain violations. Turkish

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the plane made a "technical landing", due to "due to certain violations", Anadolu Agency reported.

After a search in the plane, Turkish officials did not find anything that would have caused a problem and the plane was permitted for take off."

Touching on a Syrian passenger plane that was forced to land in Ankara earlier, Erdogan stated that the equipment found in the cargo department of the plane were "definitely equipment used in war".

Photo Anadolu

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