SOCHI, May 11 (RIA Novosti) - The flight recorders of an Airbus that crashed into the Black Sea last week killing 113 people have been located to within 5 meters, a rescue operation official said Thursday.
"The location of the black boxes has been established with an accuracy of 5 meters," he said.
The official said two measurements had been made using a French high-precision direction-finding system and confirmed by the Russian deep-sea Kalmar vessel. He said another Kalmar submersion was scheduled for Friday.
Russia's health minister said earlier Thursday the government would pay 100,000 rubles ($3,700) to families of people killed in the crash.
On May 4, the head of Armavia said all passengers had been insured and their families would receive $20,000 each, and the Armenian government promised compensation worth $3,400.
The Airbus, owned by Armenia's Armavia airline, crashed in stormy weather near the Russian resort of Sochi on May 3.
