GEORGIA TO TAKE PART IN ARMENIAN PLANE CRASH PROBE
ITAR-TASS, Russia
May 4 2006
TBILISI, May 4 (Itar-Tass) - Investigators from the Armenian Prosecutor
General's Office agreed to participation of Georgian specialists
in the probe into the Airbus A-320 crash near Sochi, head of the
Gruzavianavigatsiya company Georgy Karbelashvili told.
The Georgian aviation service offered "cooperation to the group of
investigators from the Armenian Prosecutor General's Office in the
plane crash probe, and received support in this issue," Karbelashvili
said.
He said Georgia "will hand over all the available materials to the
investigation commission - the radiogram of the A-320 flight, the audio
recording of talks between the Georgian air traffic controller and
the plane crew and other materials necessary for the investigation."
The head of Gruzavianavigatsiya met with the Armenian investigators
in Tbilisi earlier on Thursday.
There were 113 people on board the plane that met with an accident
on the approach to Sochi on May 3. As of now, 53 bodies have been
identified, including those of a crewmember and an airhostess.
According to the information of the Russian Foreign Ministry, 26
victims had Russian citizenship. There was a Ukrainian woman and a
Georgian man among the passengers, spokeswoman for the prosecutor's
office of the Krasnodar territory Yulia Vlasova told Tass, which was
confirmed by the Ukrainian and Georgian embassies in Moscow.
ITAR-TASS, Russia
May 4 2006
TBILISI, May 4 (Itar-Tass) - Investigators from the Armenian Prosecutor
General's Office agreed to participation of Georgian specialists
in the probe into the Airbus A-320 crash near Sochi, head of the
Gruzavianavigatsiya company Georgy Karbelashvili told.
The Georgian aviation service offered "cooperation to the group of
investigators from the Armenian Prosecutor General's Office in the
plane crash probe, and received support in this issue," Karbelashvili
said.
He said Georgia "will hand over all the available materials to the
investigation commission - the radiogram of the A-320 flight, the audio
recording of talks between the Georgian air traffic controller and
the plane crew and other materials necessary for the investigation."
The head of Gruzavianavigatsiya met with the Armenian investigators
in Tbilisi earlier on Thursday.
There were 113 people on board the plane that met with an accident
on the approach to Sochi on May 3. As of now, 53 bodies have been
identified, including those of a crewmember and an airhostess.
According to the information of the Russian Foreign Ministry, 26
victims had Russian citizenship. There was a Ukrainian woman and a
Georgian man among the passengers, spokeswoman for the prosecutor's
office of the Krasnodar territory Yulia Vlasova told Tass, which was
confirmed by the Ukrainian and Georgian embassies in Moscow.