Tu-154 crash over the Black sea. Main facts – RBC

Photo journalists “First channel”, NTV and Zvezda, killed in the crash of Tu-154

Photo: Artyom Geodakyan/TASS

Aircraft of the Ministry of defence of the Tu-154 bound for Syria, crashed in the Black sea. On Board were 92 people, according to preliminary data, no survivors. Introduction about the tragedy in the review RBC

• the Plane of the Ministry of defense of the Tu-154 flew from Adler to 5:25 GMT. According to the official representative of the Ministry of defense Igor Konashenkov, the plane disappeared from radar two minutes after takeoff. Later on, the fragments of the plane were found 1.5 km from the shore in Sochi at a depth of 50-70 m.
• Ministry of defense published a list of the passengers aboard, it has 92 names, including eight crew members, eight soldiers, 64 artist of the ensemble. Alexandrov, nine media representatives (the crew of the “First channel”, “Stars” and NTV), two civil servants and well-known civic activist Elizaveta Glinka, known as Doctor Liza.
• Official confirmation of the death of specific passengers by name yet.
• According to various sources, already found the bodies of 10 to 12 dead, the defense Ministry reported that the survivors in the area of the crash is not observed.

• About the cause of the accident is not known, priority version — technical failure of the aircraft. The version of the attack precluded by most experts.
• the Crashed aircraft was manufactured in 1983, the total flight time is 6689 hours. The last repair Board was held in December 2014, planned maintenance it was held in September 2016. Flew the plane airman first class Roman Volkov.
• the head of the Ministry of industry and trade Denis Manturov called premature a possible decision on the decommissioning of Tu-154 in connection with the crash in Sochi.
• search works are involved about 30 ships. The search involved more than 40 rescuers and divers squad “Centrospas” and center “Leader”, will use remote-controlled underwater vehicle “Falcon”.
• the Search operation in the disaster area will go around the clock, it formed the search area with an area of 10.5 sq km.
• On Board the plane was to be the Deputy of the state Duma Joseph Kobzon and the Commissioner for human rights Tatyana Moskalkova, but for various reasons they postponed the trip.
• Monday, December 26, Russia will be declared a day of national mourning.
• the Investigative Committee opened upon the crash a criminal case on violation of flight rules.
• President Putin has charged to create the state Commission on investigation of the accident, it was headed by Minister of transport Maxim Sokolov, who has already arrived in Sochi.

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