COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER FROM ARMENIAN CRASH RECOVERED

Airline Industry Information
May 23, 2006

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The cockpit voice recorder of the Armenian passenger aircraft that
crashed in the Black Sea on 3 May has been located and recovered.

The aircraft, which was operated by Armavia, crashed in heavy rain
and poor visibility as it was approaching the airport in Adler. A
total of 113 people are thought to have died in the crash.

According to The Associated Press, workers were able to use a
remote-controlled diving apparatus with a robotic arm to recover the
recorder from the sea floor.

Tatyana Anodina, head of the Interstate Aviation Committee, reportedly
stated that the cockpit voice recorder had been damaged in the crash
and may have suffered from the conditions beneath the silt.

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