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| Relatives of passengers, who were on
board the airbus that went down into the Black Sea near Russian Black
Sea resort of Sochi, waiting for the pasenger list at the airport in Sochi
Wednesday, May 3, 2006. (Xinhua/AFP
Photo) |
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| Relatives of those, killed in a plane
crash, react at Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi airport Wednesday, May
3, 2006 (Xinhua/AFP Photo) |
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| The Airbus 320. (Xinhua file
photo) | MOSCOW, May 3
(Xinhua) -- An Armenian passenger plane crashed early Wednesday into the Black
Sea off the coast of the southern Russian resort of Sochi, killing all 112
people on board, Russian media reported.
Wreckage from the Armenian passenger aircraft has
been found inthe Black Sea some six km from shore, and rescue workers so far
have found eight bodies at the site, Russian news agencies quoted Emergency
Situations Ministry officials as saying.
The Airbus 320 was traveling from the Aremenian
capital Yerevanto the Black Sea resort of Sochi and vanished from radar screens
near Sochi at about 2:15 a.m. (2215 GMT Tuesday), Itar-Tass quoted Viktor
Beltsov, deputy head of Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry's information
department, as saying.
The Emergency Situation Ministry said the plane
belonged to the Armenian airline Aramavia.
Beltsov has said eariler that according to
preliminary information, there were 113 people on board, including five
children.
Beltsov said weather conditions were poor at the time
the planecrashed.
Armenian airline officials said they believed the
crash was due to the stormy weather.
The emergencies ministry had sent an amphibious plane
to the scene of the crash, the RIA news agency said. Boats and divers were
involved in the search but heavy rain and poor visibility were complicating the
operation. Enditem
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