OPERATION IN BLACK SEA FOR SEARCH AND LIFT OF “BLACK BOXES” OF CRASHED ARMENIAN AIRPLANE IS RESUMED

Sochi, May 19. ArmInfo. The weather conditions allowed to down a
deep-water robot RT-1000 to the bottom the day before in the square of
search of “black boxes” of the “Armavia” Armenian Air Company’s A-320.

The deep-diving vehicle started to operate the day before at 7:30 PM
and finished today at 4:00 AM. According to the operational staff’s
data, “fragments are met on the bottom which remind the A-320 airborne
recorders by their color and contours”. “Some fragments are deep in
the sludge which delay the search work”, the source informed.

At present, the pilots who operate the robot, are given a short
break. If the weather allows, the deep-water operations will be
shortly resumed, the ITAR-TASS informs.

To be reminded, the airplane A-320 of the “Armavia” Company, which
was carrying out the Yerevan-Sochi flight, was wrecked on May 3 night
not far from Sochi. There were 113 people on board: 8 crew members
and 105 passengers, including 5 children. All of them died.