A-320 CRASHED WHILE CLIMBING

Regnum, Russia
May 11 2006

Before crash of the A-320 airbus belonging to Armavia Armenian airlines
on May 3 off Sochi coast, air traffic controller of the Adler Airport
ordered to stop descent and commence climb because of unfavorable
weather conditions. While performing the command, the plane crashed,
head of the Department for Flight Incidents Investigation Alexei
Morozov has told the press. According to him, now recordings of Air
Traffic Control (ATC) are being decoded.

Its final communication with the ATC was registered at 02:12 a.m.

Moscow time on May 3. The final radar blip from the aircraft was
recorded on the radar screens at 02:13 a.m. Moscow time.

Search for flight data and communication recorders has continued at the
crash site. French experts with special equipment joined the operation.

113 people were killed in the catastrophe; bodies of 51 victims are
drawn out from the sea.