TU-154 crashed in the Black Sea after departure from Sochi, on board was a 91 man

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The TU-154 plane crashed in the Black Sea 20 minutes after taking off from Sochi. One and a half kilometers from the Black Sea coast of Sochi, at a depth of 50-70 meters, fragments of the body of a Tu-154 aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Defense were discovered, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Ministry of Defense told Interfax.

“Those on board the Tu-154 had virtually no chance of survival,” the source said. agencies.

The plane belonged to the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to Interfax, the plane was flying from Sochi and Syria. On board were servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as artists from the ensemble named after F. Alexandrova and nine representatives of Russian media, reports Interfax.

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“Unfortunately, after more than an hour of search work, not a single raft was found. At the same time, several fragments were found scattered at a distance of 1,5 to 8 km from the coastline,” said the Interfax agency interlocutor.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told Interfax that Vladimir Putin was informed about the plane crash. “He is informed about the work of emergency services,” Peskov said.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu held a video conference meeting with the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the organization of search and rescue activities for the TU-154 aircraft missing in the Sochi area, Interfax reports with reference to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry.

As a Rossiya 24 correspondent reported on the TV channel, journalists from Channel One and the Zvezda TV channel could have been on board the plane that disappeared in the Sochi area, reports ITAR-TASS.

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