Airbus black box recovered from Black Sea

Russian searchers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from an Armenian passenger jet that crashed in the Black Sea nearly three weeks ago, killing 113 passengers and crew.

Airbus black box recovered from Black Sea

Russian searchers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from an Armenian passenger jet that crashed in the Black Sea nearly three weeks ago, killing 113 passengers and crew.

Workers using a remote-controlled diving apparatus with a robotic arm plucked the recorder from the sea floor nearly 1,640 feet beneath the surface after removing a layer of silt up to two feet thick that had hidden it from searchers for days, the Russian transport minister said.

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