SOCHI, May 4 (RIA Novosti) - The remains of the victims of a fatal plane crash over the Black Sea will be flown Thursday to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, Russia's transportation minister said.
"We plan to take the remains of the dead to their homeland, Yerevan, around 3 p.m. Moscow time [11 a.m. GMT] by a plane provided by the Emergency Situations Ministry," Igor Levitin said.
He added that 20 out of at least 48 recovered bodies had been already identified.
An Airbus A-320 belonging to Armenia's Armavia Airlines flying from the country's capital, Yerevan, crashed about six kilometers from the Russian coast en route to an airport in Adler, which services the resort of Sochi. Eight crewmembers and 105 passengers were on board.