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PLANE CRASH UPDATE: 39 BODIES FOUND
Nidhi Sharma - All Headline News Contributor
All Headline News
May 3 2006
Moscow, Russia (AHN) - Thirty-nine bodies of passengers of the fateful
A-320 airliner have been found so far in the sea. Bad weather is
slowing recovery of the bodies of 113 people killed when a plane
flying from Armenia to southern Russia crashed into the Black Sea.
Information on the citizenship of the passengers is varied. As per
reports by BBC, it was carrying 85 Armenian citizens, 26 Russians,
one Georgian and one Ukrainian. Among those on board were eight crew
and five children.
However, the Chief Civil Aviation Board under the Armenian Government
claims that there were only Russians and Armenians on board.
There is no exact information on the reasons behind the tragedy. The
Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations asserts that "bad weather
conditions are the main version of the A-320 crash."
The Airbus A-320 crashed at about 0215 local (2215 GMT) as it made
a second attempt to land at an airport near the Russian resort town
of Sochi.
It was initially refused permission to land because of the weather
conditions, according to airline officials.
Itar-Tass news agency reports that a technical commission was formed to
investigate the accident. Moreover, a commission of the Inter-State
Aviation Committee, headed by its Chairman Tatyana Anodina, flew
to Adler.
In connection with the catastrophe, the Krasnodar Territorial
Administration has formed a special commission. A "hotline"
was opened for the relatives of the airliner passengers. All the
necessary information can be obtained by dialing 8-622-444-00-88
or 8-622-44-12-32.
May 5 will be declared a day of mourning in Russia and Armenia.
Nidhi Sharma - All Headline News Contributor
All Headline News
May 3 2006
Moscow, Russia (AHN) - Thirty-nine bodies of passengers of the fateful
A-320 airliner have been found so far in the sea. Bad weather is
slowing recovery of the bodies of 113 people killed when a plane
flying from Armenia to southern Russia crashed into the Black Sea.
Information on the citizenship of the passengers is varied. As per
reports by BBC, it was carrying 85 Armenian citizens, 26 Russians,
one Georgian and one Ukrainian. Among those on board were eight crew
and five children.
However, the Chief Civil Aviation Board under the Armenian Government
claims that there were only Russians and Armenians on board.
There is no exact information on the reasons behind the tragedy. The
Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations asserts that "bad weather
conditions are the main version of the A-320 crash."
The Airbus A-320 crashed at about 0215 local (2215 GMT) as it made
a second attempt to land at an airport near the Russian resort town
of Sochi.
It was initially refused permission to land because of the weather
conditions, according to airline officials.
Itar-Tass news agency reports that a technical commission was formed to
investigate the accident. Moreover, a commission of the Inter-State
Aviation Committee, headed by its Chairman Tatyana Anodina, flew
to Adler.
In connection with the catastrophe, the Krasnodar Territorial
Administration has formed a special commission. A "hotline"
was opened for the relatives of the airliner passengers. All the
necessary information can be obtained by dialing 8-622-444-00-88
or 8-622-44-12-32.
May 5 will be declared a day of mourning in Russia and Armenia.