The Ministry of Defense reported on the technical serviceability of the crashed Tu-154
The Tu-154 aircraft that crashed in the Black Sea was technically sound, Sergey Bainetov, head of the aviation safety service of the Russian Armed Forces, said on the air of Rossiya 24. “The plane was technically sound. Extreme maintenance work was carried out in September 2016, ” Interfax quotes him. The crew commander was a first-class military pilot, Major Roman Volkov, Bainetov said. Currently, a search and rescue operation is underway in the area of the crash.