November 20, 2003 - 19:23 AMT
FLIGHT RECORDERS OF RUSSIAN PURSUIT PLANE CRASHED IN ARMENIA TO BE DELIVERED TO MOSCOW TOMORROW
The means of objective control of flight parameters of MiG-29 warplane crashed in Armenia will be delivered from Erebuni airdrome to Moscow November 21, the service of flight safety of the Armed Forces of Russia reported today, ITAR-TASS agency informed. According to the source, two board recording meters will be conveyed to the defense ministry 13-rd research institute, where information necessary to finally establish the causes of the catastrophe will be extracted from them. The defense ministry commission, that was working at the location where the plane fell, will also return to Moscow. It should be reminded that the Russian pursuit plane underwent a catastrophe November 12 in hard weather conditions when executing a training flight and crashed in 30 km from the 102-nd Russian military base situated in the Armenian city of Gyumri.