Russian Government Commission To Aid Plane Crash Victims’ Relatives

RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT COMMISSION TO AID PLANE CRASH VICTIMS’ RELATIVES

Interfax, Russia
May 3 2006

MOSCOW. May 3 (Interfax) – Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov
has signed a directive on setting up an ad hoc government commission
to provide assistance to the families of the victims of an Armenian
A-320 plane crash and to handle the disaster’s aftermath, the Russian
government press service told journalists.

The commission will be led by Transportation Minister Igor Levitin.

The Armavia plane crashed into the sea on May 3 about six kilometers
from the Adler airport, which serves the Russian Black Sea resorts
in Sochi.