"RECORD BOXES" REVEALED ALL THE SECRETS
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[12:58 pm] 19 June, 2006
Today the International Aviation Committee officially announced that
the deciphering of the record boxes of the Armenian plane A-320 which
crashed in the Black Sea on May 3 has been concluded. The records of
the plane and those of the airport have also been compared.
One of the record boxes contains information about the last eight
flights if the plane made from April 30 to May 3. The total duration
of the record is about 26 hours. The duration of the lat record is
1 hour and 26 minutes.
The deciphering revealed that the plane did not deconstruct in the
water and the engines worked till the very last moment when the
plane crashed with the water. It was also confirmed that the plane
had enough fuel. Agency "Itar-Tass informed that the autopilot system
was switched off.
At present the Committee analyses the records. At the end of the
investigation a conclusion will be made about the reason of the
crash. The International Aviation Committee does not give any details
about the conclusion.