Four citizens of Moldova dead, two injured after aviation accident in western Africa

20:52 | 15.10.2017 Category: Social

Chisinau, 15 October /MOLDPRES/ – Four citizens of Moldova died and two ones were taken over by the French Army for medical care after their cargo aircraft collapsed in the Atlantic Ocean near Abidjan airport, Cote d'Ivoire.

According to the Foreign Affairs and European Integration Ministry’s public diplomacy, strategic communication and interaction with press service, the airplane crash occurred on 14 October 2017 morning at around 08:45 a.m. after an failed plane landing attempt at Abidjan airport caused by bad weather conditions.

The collapsed plane flew for the French Army and had ten persons on board, including six citizens of Moldova and four citizens of France.

The Ministry maintains liaison with the Ivorian and French authorities to establish the identities of Moldovans involved in the accident.

Today, at 11:00, the Prime Minister of Moldova, Pavel Filip, convenes the crisis cell to elucidate the circumstances of the Ivory Coast crash.

Also, the Moldovan Civil Aeronautical Authority announced that a team of Moldovan experts would leave for Côte d'Ivoire to participate as observers in investigating the causes of the plane accident with the involvement of AN 26 – 100 plane, registered in Moldova.

The aeroplane belonged to Valan International Air Cargo and carried load under a contract with the French Army.

(Reporter A. Zara, editor M. Jantovan)

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