44 vessels helping recover fragments of crashed Airbus
13:20 | 06/ 05/ 2006

RIA Novosti, Russia
May 6 2006

SOCHI, May 6 (RIA Novosti) – Forty four vessels are continuing to
search for parts of an Armenian passenger plane that crashed off
Russia’s Black Sea coast three days ago, a spokesman for emergencies
ministry said Saturday.

“Over 90% of plane parts floating in the sea were recovered in the
first days, but work continues,” the spokesman said.

He added that captains of all vessels in the incident area were
ordered to report immediately if they found fragments of the plane.

The Airbus A-320 operated by Armenia’s Armavia was flying from the
Armenian capital, Yerevan, to Adler airport, which services the popular
Russian resort at Sochi, when it crashed 6 kilometers off the Russian
coast early Wednesday morning, killing all 113 people onboard.

The ministry said Friday that so far 51 bodies had been recovered at
the site, and 42 of them had been identified.