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ARMENIA, RUSSIA AND KARABAKH BEGIN PUBLIC MOURNING FOR CRASHED AIRLINER'S VICTIMS
Armenpress
May 05 2006
YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS: Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Russia
have begun today mourning for 113 people who are presumed killed when
the Armenian Airbus-320 airliner crashed into the Black Sea near the
Russian city of Sochi on May 3 morning.
The majority of passengers were Armenian citizens on a flight from
Yerevan to the Russian city.
Flags are flying at half-mast in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Russia
with public entertainment and sport events cancelled as a mark of
respect for the dead. Russian Itar-Tass said TV channels have changed
their schedules to drop entertainment programs on Friday.
The remains of the first 26 identified victims of the crash were
brought to Yerevan today early morning and transported to the city's
main morgue for formal procedures and later transported to where
their relatives said they want to bury them. many of them are from
Armenian remote regions. Russian emergency officials said they had
spotted the second radio beacon at the site where the Airbus A-320
airliner crashed. Rescuers have also detected a big fragment of the
plane's fuselage.
Russian transport minister Igor Levitin said Thursday evening Russia
wants help from foreign countries in raising from the seabed the "black
box" flight recorders. Levitin said Russia's Black Sea fleet lacks
equipment for retrieving the black boxes from such a depth. The search
for bodies is continuing, with 50 retrieved as of Friday morning. Of
these, 41 have been identified - 31 of them Armenian and 10 Russian
citizens, according to Itar-Tass.
DNA samples have been taken from relatives who did not find their
loved ones' remains, in the hope of identification at a later stage,
Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin was quoted as saying by
Itar-Tass. "The tests will be done by Russian experts at a request
by the Armenian side," he added.
Levitin also said a monument will be erected in Sochi in memory of
the 113 passengers. He said the mayor of Sochi that has a very big
Armenian community promised to select a site for the monument as soon
as possible. He said the governor of Krasnodar province, where Sochi
is has also promised to help.
Armenpress
May 05 2006
YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS: Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Russia
have begun today mourning for 113 people who are presumed killed when
the Armenian Airbus-320 airliner crashed into the Black Sea near the
Russian city of Sochi on May 3 morning.
The majority of passengers were Armenian citizens on a flight from
Yerevan to the Russian city.
Flags are flying at half-mast in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Russia
with public entertainment and sport events cancelled as a mark of
respect for the dead. Russian Itar-Tass said TV channels have changed
their schedules to drop entertainment programs on Friday.
The remains of the first 26 identified victims of the crash were
brought to Yerevan today early morning and transported to the city's
main morgue for formal procedures and later transported to where
their relatives said they want to bury them. many of them are from
Armenian remote regions. Russian emergency officials said they had
spotted the second radio beacon at the site where the Airbus A-320
airliner crashed. Rescuers have also detected a big fragment of the
plane's fuselage.
Russian transport minister Igor Levitin said Thursday evening Russia
wants help from foreign countries in raising from the seabed the "black
box" flight recorders. Levitin said Russia's Black Sea fleet lacks
equipment for retrieving the black boxes from such a depth. The search
for bodies is continuing, with 50 retrieved as of Friday morning. Of
these, 41 have been identified - 31 of them Armenian and 10 Russian
citizens, according to Itar-Tass.
DNA samples have been taken from relatives who did not find their
loved ones' remains, in the hope of identification at a later stage,
Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin was quoted as saying by
Itar-Tass. "The tests will be done by Russian experts at a request
by the Armenian side," he added.
Levitin also said a monument will be erected in Sochi in memory of
the 113 passengers. He said the mayor of Sochi that has a very big
Armenian community promised to select a site for the monument as soon
as possible. He said the governor of Krasnodar province, where Sochi
is has also promised to help.