BATHYSCAPH CONVEYED FROM MOSCOW TO SOCHI
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.05.2006 00:56 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At 8 p.m. Moscow time another sitting of the
commission for the investigation of the jet crash will be held in
Sochi. As Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatyan informed,
the details of the crash investigation and process of the search
works will be discussed. Armen Smbatyan said at 4 p.m. Russian
Minister of transport Igor Levtin and Secretary of the Security
Council at the RA President Serge Sargsyan held the first sitting
of the commission. According to the Armenian diplomat, the weather
in Sochi is still very unfavorable; it’s raining heavily. “According
to the preliminary date, the crash occurred over bad meteorological
conditions,” the Amb. said. In his words, bodies of 50 people that
can be identified have been found so far.
“The rescuers are searching for the record box. Since the depth of
the water reaches 500 meters, a bathyscaph was conveyed from Moscow
to Sochi,” Armen Smbatyan said, reported IA Regnum.