5 Armenian citizens killed in air crash in Congo

Five citizens of Armenia killed in a Congo-Brazzaville air crash have been identified.

 All seven crew members were killed. Five of them were citizens of the Republic of Armenia: Varazdat Balasanyan (captain), Ara Tovmasyan, Tadeos Hovhannisyan, Andranik Gevorgyan, Edgar Avetyan.

The data was provided to Armenia’s Embassy in Egypt by the Russian Embassy in the Republic of Congo.

The Congolese government launched an investigation to clarify the reasons for the crash, spokesperson for the Armenian MFA Tigran Balayan told Armenian News.am.