RIA Novosti, Russia
June 2 2006

Experts start analysis of Black Sea Airbus flight recorders
16:56 | 02/ 06/ 2006

MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) – Investigators have started analyzing
data from the black boxes of an Armenian Airbus that crashed May 3
into the Black Sea with the loss of everyone on board, Russian
prosecutors said Friday.

Rescue teams recovered the cockpit voice recorder on May 22 and the
flight data recorder May 24.

“Experts instructed to conduct a forensic examination and experts
from the Interstate Aviation Committee have started analyzing the
data from the flight recorders,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said
on its Web site.

The airliner, operated by Armenia’s Armavia, crashed while flying
from the Armenian capital, Yerevan, in stormy weather 6 kilometers
(3.7 miles) from Russia’s Adler airport, which services the popular
resort of Sochi. All 113 people on board died.