Russian military plane crash: No sign of survivors among 92 people on board

25 December, Moscow

Russian military plane crashed on its way to Syria Sunday, with no sign of survivors among the 92 people on board. The passengers included dozens of Red Army Choir members heading to celebrate the New Year with troops.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said in Moscow that the Tu-154 plane crashed in the Black Sea shortly after taking off from the southern city of Adler where it had been refuelling.

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