AN ARMENIAN AIRLINER CRASHED INTO THE BLACK SEA OFF THE RUSSIAN COAST IN HEAVY RAIN ON WEDNESDAY, AND ALL 113 PASSENGERS AND CREW ON BOARD WERE KILLED, THE RUSSIAN EMERGENCIES MINISTRY SAID. INVESTIGATORS BLAMED BAD WEATHER FOR BRINGING DOWN THE AIRBUS A-320, WHICH WAS TRYING TO LAND AT SOCHI, A POPULAR HOLIDAY SPOT IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA. JUSTICE OFFICIALS SAID THEY HAD NO REASON TO SUSPECT A BOMB. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RUSSIAN EMERGENCIES MINISTRY SAID RESCUE WORKERS HAD FOUND BAGGAGE, LIFE JACKETS, BODY PARTS, PIECES OF THE SHATTERED PLANE AND A PATCH OF OIL FLOATING ON THE SURFACE OF THE SEA AT THE CRASH SITE. AT LEAST 25 BODIES HAD BEEN FOUND BY 0700 GMT. "ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, ALL PEOPLE ON BOARD ARE DEAD," A MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING BY REUTERS.
