RETRIEVAL OF BLACK SEA PLANE WRECK RECORDERS TO START MAY 16 – MINISTER

RIA Novosti, Russia
May 13, 2006

MOSCOW, May 13 (RIA Novosti) – The retrieval of flight recorders
from the Armenian Airbus airliner that crashed off Russia’s Black Sea
coast last week, killing all 113 people on board, will start May 16,
Russia’s transport minister said Saturday.

Igor Levitin said special equipment, which is currently in the port of
Novorossiisk, would be delivered to the scene shortly. The equipment
will be ready for the effort Monday, he said.