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10 June 2006 - 09:34 AMT

Decoding of A-320 Flight Recorder Did Not Provide Full Notion of Crash Causes

The causes of the catastrophe of A-320 Armenian airbus, which crashed near Sochi Russian Black Sea resort on the night of May 3, can be established only after data of all flight recorders are decoded, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatyan believes. He remarked that the completed decoding of the first out of two black box flight recorders with record of the conversations of the crew did not provide a full notion on the causes of the crash. Processing of the information of the second flight recorder, which registered indexes of airborne instruments, will complete in the coming fortnight. Russian, Armenian and French experts work over that problem. The airbus flying from Yerevan to Sochi, fell when approaching the airport 6 km away from the Black Sea coastline. All 113 persons aboard died, reports Golos Rossii.