May 3, 2006 - 19:56 AMT
Bathyscaph Conveyed from Moscow to Sochi
At 8 p.m. Moscow time another sitting of the commission for the investigation of the jet crash will be held in Sochi. As Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatyan informed, the details of the crash investigation and process of the search works will be discussed. Armen Smbatyan said at 4 p.m. Russian Minister of transport Igor Levtin and Secretary of the Security Council at the RA President Serge Sargsyan held the first sitting of the commission. According to the Armenian diplomat, the weather in Sochi is still very unfavorable; it's raining heavily. "According to the preliminary date, the crash occurred over bad meteorological conditions," the Amb. said. In his words, bodies of 50 people that can be identified have been found so far. "The rescuers are searching for the record box. Since the depth of the water reaches 500 meters, a bathyscaph was conveyed from Moscow to Sochi," Armen Smbatyan said, reported IA Regnum.