A plane of the Czech airlines which comprised Armenian delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and journalists in Strasbourg committed an emergency landing at the Trabzon airport in Turkey due to unfavorable weather conditions, Press Secretary of Armenia - International Airport company Gevork Abramyan told Novosti-Armenia news agency.
"At present the plane is in Trabzon. It should be arrive in Yerevan at 04:20 local time on Jan. 29. But delay of the flight was announced after arrival in Trabzon, the Czech airlines said," he said.
Abramyan noted that the morning fog in Yerevan caused emergency landing of the plane flying from Prague.
"It has been several days that we are experiencing fog in mornings which clears away in the second half of the day. However, fog was too thick in the morning on Jan. 29," he said.
The plane is expected to arrive at Zvartnots airport of Yerevan in the early morning on Jan. 30, the press secretary said
"At present the airport is functioning normally and receiving planes," Abramyan said. The plane's flying from Trabzon is scheduled to 01:00 local time on Jan. 30, the Czech airlines company told Novosti-Armenia news agency.