MOSCOW-YEREVAN FLIGHT LANDS IN BAKU WITHOUT

UNCLAS YEREVAN 000103 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON PREL AJ AM SUBJECT: MOSCOW-YEREVAN FLIGHT LANDS IN BAKU WITHOUT INCIDENT Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ¶1. (SBU) On January 24 the Siberia Airlines plane making Moscow-Yerevan flight 906 diverted to land in Baku due to poor weather conditions in Yerevan. The passengers did not leave the craft and were served hot food. After spending two hours in Baku, the plane flew to Tbilisi and continued to land later the same day in Yerevan. ¶2. (SBU) General Director of Civil Aviation Artyom Movsesyan told us that no security issues arose during those two hours in Baku, and that the decision to land in Baku was made by the crew of the airplane. According to Movsesyan, the two countries' civil aviation officials successfully work to "maintain friendly relations in order to avoid major catastrophes." EVANS