FX.co ★ Tu-154 crash in Black Sea

As a result of the crash involving the aircraft Tu-154 of the Russian Defense Ministry, 92 people died: 84 passengers and 8 crew members. On board there were the artists of the alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble headed by Valery Khalilov, journalists of three Russian TV channels ("NTV", "Star" and "First"), the militaries and few others, including the executive director of the "Fair Aid" fund Elizaveta Glinka (Dr. Lisa) and the head of the Culture Department of Defence Ministry Anton Gubankova.

The priority versions of the plane crash Tu-154 is a technical fault plane and pilot error, said the Minister of transport of Russia Maxim Sokolov, who heads the government Commission established in connection with the crash of the aircraft.

In the photo: the presidential standard in the Kremlin is at half-mast as a sign of respect to the memory of the victims.

In Moscow, people bring flowers to the building of the fund "Fair Aid", which was headed by Dr. Elizaveta Glinka. Her colleagues are still hoping for a miracle.

Nearly a third of the members of the military Alexandrov Ensemble died in the plane crash.

Today, in all churches of the Russian Orthodox Church the memorial services will be committed for those killed in the crash.

In the photo: people carrying candles and flowers to the Sochi embankment.

The search operation is carried out in the Black Sea, with the participation of 9 MES vessels.

The Emergencies Ministry said that 11 dead bodies were found, as well as fragments of the plane. The black boxes have not been found yet.

At the moment, the boats have already explored more than 100 square km of the water area, the aircrafts inspected more than 240 square km from the air. Ground search parties have passed 10 km of the coastline.