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44 vessels helping recover fragments of crashed Airbus

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Forty four vessels are continuing to search for parts of an Armenian passenger plane that crashed off Russia's Black Sea coast three days ago, a spokesman for emergencies ministry said Saturday.

SOCHI, May 6 (RIA Novosti) - Forty four vessels are continuing to search for parts of an Armenian passenger plane that crashed off Russia's Black Sea coast three days ago, a spokesman for emergencies ministry said Saturday.

"Over 90% of plane parts floating in the sea were recovered in the first days, but work continues," the spokesman said.

He added that captains of all vessels in the incident area were ordered to report immediately if they found fragments of the plane.

The Airbus A-320 operated by Armenia's Armavia was flying from the Armenian capital, Yerevan, to Adler airport, which services the popular Russian resort at Sochi, when it crashed 6 kilometers off the Russian coast early Wednesday morning, killing all 113 people onboard.

The ministry said Friday that so far 51 bodies had been recovered at the site, and 42 of them had been identified.

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