The captain of the a320 flight rnv 967 having so informed ATC got himself an immediate wheather improvement at Sochi.
Paragraph 1.18 of the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee Air Accident Investigation Commission`s report states:
Excessive mental set for landing at Sochi airport.
Conflict of motives.
This accident has some uncanny parallels and similarities to the tragic events of last Saturdays crash at Smolensk.
The full report of the Armenian a320 is at:
http://www.bea-fr.org/docspa/2006/ek...ek-9060502.pdf