
The Tu-154 Ministry of Defense plane fell into the Black Sea. On board were the musicians of the Aleksandrov ensemble and journalists flying to the Khmeimim base in Syria - only 91 people. The wreckage was found off the coast near Sochi. "Channel One" called the names of journalists who flew on a broken plane.
According to Interfax , 91 people on board the aircraft: 83 passengers and 8 crew members. “There were 91 people on board - the musicians of the Aleksandrov ensemble and, first, the journalists of the Zvezda TV channel,” the TV channel reporter said. Russia 24 also reports that the first channel journalists were on board.
- fragments of the broken Tu-154 found
- The media recorded a record of pilots with dispatchers
Rescuers discovered the place of falling the aircraft - this was about 9 a.m. in Moscow confirmed at the Ministry of Emergencies. Later, the Ministry of Defense reported that the fragments of the corps and chassis were found at sea. It was originally not ruled out that the plane crashed in the mountains. Search services came to the place of disaster.
It is reported that the plane fell into the sea on the rise, when he had not yet managed to gain height. The crew did not give a distress signal. When performing a planned flight from an airfield to the cities of Adler at 5:40 in Moscow, after taking off, the aircraft mark disappeared from radar radars. “According to preliminary information, the board made a maneuver over the Black Sea and fell,” the Zvezda channel said.
Dr. Lisa could be on board
Life claims that Elizabeth Glinka, Dr. Lisa, head of the Fair Help, was aboard the fallen aircraft.
These data are also confirmed by the source of the REN TV channel.
The Channel One called the names of the employees who were on board the Tu-154: this is the correspondent Dmitry Runkov, the operator Vadim Denisov and sound engineer Alexander Soydov. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" .
"Star" reports that among nine journalists aboard the aircraft - three employees of the television channel. Their names at the time of writing are not called.
Life also reports that in the list of passengers of the collapsed side of the Tu-154 was the head of the military police of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Vladimir Ivanovsky.
Putin was reported, Shoigu gathered a meeting
"Star" with reference to the press secretary of President Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov reports that the head of state reported on a disaster.
In the Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu gathered an emergency meeting to discuss search work. It is reported that all rescue services of air parts of the Southern Military District in the Krasnodar Territory were involved in the search work.