TRABZON - Spanish Deputy Defense Minister Javier Jimenez Ugarte came on Monday to northeastern Trabzon province regarding the plane crash near Macka town of Trabzon.
Ugarte is accompanied by Spanish Defense Ministry official Almudena Martinez Conde, Spanish Ambassador to Turkey Manuel De La Camara and Military Attache Perdo Raventoz.
The delegation will meet with Trabzon Deputy Governor Erdogan Aygenc, Chief Prosecutor Burhan Cobanoglu, Trabzon Mayor Niyazi Surmen and Macka Mayor Omer Yildiz and decorate Yildiz with a medal of merit due to his efforts after the plane crash.
The delegation will also visit the place of accident in Sahinkaya hamlet.
Spanish delegation will meet with 48th Internal Security Brigade Commander Rauf Altinok and Trabzon Gendarmerie Commander Sinasi Carkurlu and depart from Trabzon on Wednesday.
A Ukrainian plane carrying Spanish peace force soldiers en route from Afghanistan to Spain had crashed into a field in Sahinkaya hamlet of Macka town on May 26, 2003.
Sixty-two Spanish soldiers and 13 crew members including one Belarussian and 12 Ukrainians had died in the plane crash.
(BRC) 10.11.2003