Wreckage of crashed Russian plane found in Black Sea

December 26, 2016 17:38

The wreckage of the Syrian-bound Russian military plane that crashed yesterday has been found today in the Black Sea.

On Sunday, the Tu-154 model plane carrying 92 people on board, which belonged to the Russian defence ministry, crashed shortly after take-off from the southern city of Adler at 5.40 am (local time). There was no indication anyone survived.

One body was recovered six kilometres off the coast of the resort city of Sochi.

Earlier today, the Kremlin also ruled out that terrorism could be the reason behind the crash.

A security source indicated the plane had crashed because of a technical malfunction or a pilot error.

The plane had been on a routine flight to Russias Hmeimim airbase in western Syria, which has been used to launch air strikes in Moscows military campaign supporting its ally President Bashar al-Assad in the countrys devastating civil war.

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