Afraid of punishment

22/05/2006

The air navigation service officers of Adler airport, who witnessed the Armenian plane crash tragedy, have applied to the Russian Federal Security Service to take care of the families of the victims and protect them. According to “Zhizn” newspaper, these officers think that they are not guilty in this tragedy, but they are afraid that the families of the deceased may punish them. Security officers met with the navigation officers in the presence of the committee on investigation of the tragedy. The purpose of this meeting was to evaluate the real possible danger. It is worth mentioning that before that the air navigation officers made an announcement saying that on the night of May 3 they were secure and were doing their job.