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    44 vessels helping recover fragments of crashed Airbus
    13:20 | 06/ 05/ 2006

    RIA Novosti, Russia
    May 6 2006

    SOCHI, May 6 (RIA Novosti) - Forty four vessels are continuing to
    search for parts of an Armenian passenger plane that crashed off
    Russia's Black Sea coast three days ago, a spokesman for emergencies
    ministry said Saturday.

    "Over 90% of plane parts floating in the sea were recovered in the
    first days, but work continues," the spokesman said.

    He added that captains of all vessels in the incident area were
    ordered to report immediately if they found fragments of the plane.

    The Airbus A-320 operated by Armenia's Armavia was flying from the
    Armenian capital, Yerevan, to Adler airport, which services the popular
    Russian resort at Sochi, when it crashed 6 kilometers off the Russian
    coast early Wednesday morning, killing all 113 people onboard.

    The ministry said Friday that so far 51 bodies had been recovered at
    the site, and 42 of them had been identified.
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