Black Box of Crashed Russian Military Plane Has Been Found

The aircraft believed to be carrying 92 people, went off radar after taking off from Sochi, Russia.

• Russian military’s TU-154 aircraft has gone off radar
  
• The plane was carrying 92 people
  
• The plane crashed in the mountains in Krasnodar Krai
  
• Citing Russian media, the reports add that the plane went missing soon after taking off from the Black Sea resort of Sochi
  
• Black Box of the plane has been found

Black Box Found

A black box has been found in the wreckage of a Russian military plane that crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday, killing all 92 on board, the TASS news agency reported on Tuesday citing a law enforcement source.

The source said the box, which contains flight information that could help identify the cause of the crash, would be sent to Moscow for analysis.

Investigators have so far said that pilot error or a technical fault were likely to have caused the Defence Ministry TU-154 to come down.

Our Friends Were on Board: Bashar Al-Assad

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad sent his condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

To our great regret, we received the news about the crash of Russia’s TU-154. Our friends were on board, friends who were planning to share with us and the people of Aleppo the joy of the victory and holidays.

Bashar Al-Assad, President, Syria

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also Tweeted to show his support.

India joins Russia in mourning the tragic loss of lives of Russian servicemen in the air crash today.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 25, 2016

Famous Red Army Choir Loses 64 in Crash

The Alexandrov Ensemble or better known as the Red Army Choir was on-board the crashed TU-154, along with its conductor Valery Khalilov.

Alexandrov Ensemble is the official army choir of the Russian armed forces, was formed out of the Frunze Red Army Central House in 1928 which was established during the Soviet era.

The Red Army Choir has performed across the world performing from Russian folk tunes to church hymns, and popular music.

A Russian military plane carrying 92 people, including dozens of Red Army Choir singers, dancers and orchestra members, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, killing everyone on board, Russian authorities said.

The Russian Defence Ministry said one of its TU-154 Tupolev planes had disappeared from radar screens at 0525 MSK (0225 GMT), two minutes after taking off from Sochi in southern Russia, where it had stopped to refuel from Moscow, on its way to Syria.

Major-General Igor Konashenkov, a ministry spokesman, told reporters that nobody had survived.