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Russia Asks for Foreign Help in Crash Probe
Friday, October 5, 2001
(18:53)
Reuters

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"We can confirm the presence of an explosion but we cannot say whether it was a rocket or a terror act."

Russia asked Israel and the United States on Friday for help unravelling the mystery explosion and crash of an airliner carrying up to 78 people while launching a criminal probe into possible terrorism.

Vladimir Rushailo, Russia's Security Council chief and head of a commission looking into the crash, said help would be needed to raise the black box flight recorder which experts say lies around one kilometre (3,300 feet) under the Black Sea.

"We want to make requests to colleagues in the United States and Israel, and other countries who have experience at working at such depth, to help us investigate whether it is possible to lift the black box," he told a news conference.
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