Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Two Black Boxes Of Crashed Armenian Jet Detected

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Two Black Boxes Of Crashed Armenian Jet Detected

    TWO BLACK BOXES OF CRASHED ARMENIAN JET DETECTED

    Xinhua, China
    www.chinaview.cn 2006-05-05 05:57:10
    May 4 2006

    MOSCOW, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Two black boxes of Armenia's Airbus A-320
    which crashed off the Russian Black Sea coast on Wednesday morning have
    been spotted by French experts, an official from Russia's Emergency
    Situations Ministry said on Thursday.

    "French experts finished their work by finding black boxes. They
    claim to have spotted two black boxes at a depth of 680 meters not
    far away from each other," Lieut. Gen. Sergei Kudinov, chief of the
    Emergency Situations Ministry's southern branch, was quoted by the
    Interfax news agency as saying.

    The Airbus A-320 of the Armenian airline belonging to the air company
    Armavia crashed into the Black Sea near the southern Russian resort
    town of Sochi on Tuesday, killing all 113 people onboard, including
    six children and eight crew.

    "As of today 28 bodies out of 48 withdrawn from water have been
    identified," Kudinov said. But no body was found on Thursday.

    At the same time, rescuers have gathered three trucks of recovered
    items and pieces of the aircraft on the surface.

    "It is remarkable that among all the seat parts there were no safety
    belts," Kudinov said.

    "As far as black boxes are concerned, taking into consideration world
    experience, no one has ever raised them from such a depth.

    Moreover, the harsh environment, hydrogen sulfide, should be taken
    into consideration as well," the official said.

    In addition, there is nothing in the search zone at a depth from 60 to
    200 meters, while sound locator is detecting "certain metal elements,
    probably, of the airliner's fuselage at a depth of 600 meters,"
    Kudinov said.

    Furthermore, an oil spot in the crash zone has split into several
    parts, that are moving away from each other, he said, adding that
    a vessel carrying sound locators will continue to work through the
    night.
Working...
X