  Experts Consider Finding A-320 Flight Recorder Good FortuneMay 23, 2006 - 14:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The flight recorder of A-320 airbus of Armavia air company that was lifted from the sea bottom yesterday is not sent to the Inter-State Aviation Committee (ISAC) for decoding yet. "The speech recorder of A-320 is in Sochi and is not provided to us yet," reported head of the ISAC Center for Air Transport Investigations Rudolf Teymurazov. He also noted, "It is good fortune to find even one flight recorder among the fragments." Earlier the experts doubted the flight recorders could be found. "I am skeptical over the opportunity to find anything at the Black Sea bottom farther than a kilometer away from the coastline," Rudolf Teymurazov said a day after the catastrophe. "There are real mountains under the water and their tops are covered with silt," he added. In the expert's words, in case a plane falls into the sea, maximum 3% of its fragments are found, reports RIA Novosti. On the night of May 3 a Yerevan-Sochi flight of Armavia airlines crashed in the Black Sea 6 km away from Adler airport killing all of 113 passengers, including 6 children and 8 members of the crew. Among them were 26 Russian citizens, one Ukrainian and one Georgian citizen, while the rest were Armenian citizens.   Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads.   Partner news |  Related sections Topic Latest news Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia  Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28.Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia.Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports.Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |
