SOCHI, May 4 (RIA Novosti) - Airbus specialists working at the site of a crashed Armenian airliner on the Black Sea said Thursday they had detected a radio signal, possibly from the plane's black boxes.
"The signal was found almost immediately after the search started, but is very weak," a Russian emergencies ministry official said.
The experts from the French aircraft company are using special equipment while searching for flight data recorders from the A-320 that crashed in the sea 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) off the Russian coast early Wednesday, killing all the 113 people onboard. They have been working since Thursday morning, the official said.
Earlier reports said the wreckage was at a depth of about 500 meters (1,640 feet).
The official said it was still unclear whether the signal came from the recorders, and added that the Airbus team was continuing the search and trying to locate the signal more accurately.
Two emergencies ministry teams are also working at the site, using radars to try to pick up signals.
Two search efforts are currently under way to recover plane fragments on the surface and those deep under water. The two search areas are several kilometers away from each other.
