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Experts start analysis of Black Sea Airbus flight recorders

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MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) - Investigators have started analyzing data from the black boxes of an Armenian Airbus that crashed May 3 into the Black Sea with the loss of everyone on board, Russian prosecutors said Friday.

Rescue teams recovered the cockpit voice recorder on May 22 and the flight data recorder May 24.

"Experts instructed to conduct a forensic examination and experts from the Interstate Aviation Committee have started analyzing the data from the flight recorders," the Prosecutor General's Office said on its Web site.

The airliner, operated by Armenia's Armavia, crashed while flying from the Armenian capital, Yerevan, in stormy weather 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from Russia's Adler airport, which services the popular resort of Sochi. All 113 people on board died.

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