ARMENIAN SPECIALISTS LEFT FOR MOSCOW TO TAKE PART IN DECODING FLIGHT RECORDERS

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.05.2006 13:34 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Specialists of the Central Administrative Board
of the Civil Aviation of Armenia departed for Moscow. Along with
Russian and French specialists, they will engage in decoding the flight
recorders of A-320 airplane of Armavia air company, which crashed near
Sochi on the night of May 3. The speech recorder was lifted from the
Black Sea ground Monday afternoon, while the parameter recorder on
Tuesday evening. Earlier Chair of the Inter-State Aviation Committee
Tatyana Anodina stated that no complications are expected when decoding
the parameter recorder, while the speech recorder was heavier damaged
by aggressive water environment. “We may have to decode the magnet
tape piece by piece,” she said.

Experts of Airbus consortium – the producers of A-320 – will take
part in the decoding. Spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Department
of Armenia Gayane Davtyan stated Wednesday that the flight recorders
will only be examined in Russia, while they will be sent to France
for decoding. However, judging from latest reports, the recorders
will be decoded in Russia, reports Lenta.ru