Armenian cargo aircraft did not land forcefully, but made a planned landing in Turkey

Armenian cargo aircraft of AirArmenia did not land in Turkey forcefully, as Reuters reported, but made a planned landing in Erzurum, a source from Armenia's Civil Aviation General Department told Arminfo. 

Armenian aircraft heading from Yerevan to Aleppo landed on Monday in the airport of Turkish Erzurum. At present, cargo screening of the aircraft is being implemented. The aircraft has humanitarian cargo for the Armenian community of Aleppo on board. After the screening, the aircraft will fly to Syria as it was scheduled. 

To recall, Reuters disseminated the information that the air forces of Turkey forcefully landed a cargo aircraft in Erzurum which was flying to Aleppo.

To recall, last week Ђirbus Ђ320  with a number SRY442 of Syrian air company was arrested in Ankara. The plane was flying from the Moscow Vnukovo airport to Damascus. Prime Minister of Turkey, Erdogan said that military equipment produced in Russia was on board of the arrested airplane. Because of the incident, the authorities of Syria closed their airspace for Turkish civil aviation.

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