May 11, 2006 - 18:40 AMT
Location of A-320 Flight Recorders Determined within 5 Meters
Specialists have determined the location of airborne recorders of A-320 airbus within 5 meters, reported a person in charge of search at the site of wreckage. «Two measurements were done by means of French system of high-frequency direction finding, confirmed by Russian Kalmar deep-water device. The location of airborne recorders is determined within 5 meters,» the rescuer said. The data will be mathematically processed now. «Kalmar device, via which specialists hope to get exact confirmation on the location of airborne recorders, is planned to be plunged May 12,» he added, reports RIA Novosti.

We remind that A-320 plane of Armavia air company, flying from Yerevan to Sochi, crashed on the night of May 3 about 6 km away of the coastline when landing at Adler airport. This resulted in death of all 113 persons aboard, including 8 crew members and 5 children. Undercarriage and tail of the airplane are found during investigation and search in the Black Sea. According to data available, the most fuselage is in depth and special deep-water equipment will be necessary for lifting it.