ARMENIA, RUSSIA AND GEORGIA JOIN EFFORTS TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE OF ARMENIAN JET CRASH
By Tamar Minasian
AZG Armenian Daily
05/05/2006
The investigation into the cause of the crash of A-320 Armenian
plane on May 3 is under way, Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia
says. Another investigation was launched in Russia. According to Ria
Novosti, prosecutor of Sochi, Aleksei Perfilev, stated that “a great
number of all kinds of examinations need to be carried out.” In his
words, the main task for now is retrieving the bodies authentication by
the relatives. He assured that they have enough means for a full-scale
investigation. Mr. Perfilev also informed that currently they examine
technical papers at the flight control point.
The Chief prosecutor’s Office says that Armenian specialists on
their part will check whether the plane took off from Yerevan after
a careful servicing or not.
In the evening of May 3 Armenia’s chief prosecutor, Aghvan Hovsepian,
and his Georgian counterpart agreed on handing over the onboard
records 90 percent of which has the Georgian Navigation. The chief
prosecutor of Georgia expressed readiness to help in the process of
investigation, and our investigators are already working in Tbilisi.
The prosecutor’s Office continues active cooperation with the Russian
side, too. The investigation is expected to extend.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
