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4 May 2006 - 12:13 AMT

Putin Asked Russian Chief Prosecutor to Make Clear Causes of A-320 Crash

Vladimir Putin asked Russian Chief Prosecutor Vladimir Ustinov to make clear causes of the crash A-320 plane. «I hope that in spite of difficulties of getting information from flight recorders, which I hope will be found, the investigators will do their best to find the actual causes of the catastrophe in shortest term,» Putin said at a meeting with Ustinov.

In his turn, the Chief Prosecutor informed the President that the Chief Prosecutor’s Office carries out investigation regarding the crash. «All necessary documentation is obtained, fragments of the plane are studied. Judicial and medical expertise of the corpses is held,» the Chief Prosecutor said. In his words, 20 bodies are already identified and are being prepared for sending to Armenia for funeral. «Much work is done to find flight recorders,» Ustinov added. The staff of Chief Prosecutor’s Office lead by head of the Department of Investigation of Specially Hard Cases, holds the investigation, he added. 19 investigators are involve, they have direct contact with Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia, reports RIA Novsoti.