National Tragedy: Deadly Crash of Russian Defense Ministry's Tu-154 in Black Sea
National Tragedy: Deadly Crash of Russian Defense Ministry's Tu-154 in Black Sea
Sputnik International
On December 25, a Russian Defense Ministry Tu-154 aircraft with 92 people on board crashed off the coast by the Black Sea resort of Sochi. 26.12.2016, Sputnik International
On December 25, a Russian Defense Ministry Tu-154 aircraft with 92 people on board crashed off the coast by the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
The plane was en route from Moscow to the Syrian province of Latakia. It made a refueling stop at an airport in the Russian resort city of Adler.
Most of the passengers were members of the famous army choir of the Russian armed forces, the Alexandrov Ensemble, who were traveling from Moscow to Hmeymim airbase in Syria to put on a New Year concert for Russian troops deployed there.
Nine journalists from Russian TV channels and the well-known Russian humanitarian activist Elizaveta Glinka, also known as Dr. Lisa, were also aboard the plane.
Russian police secure the area where rescue workers collect wreckage from the crashed plane at a pier just outside Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016.
People pay tribute to victims of Russian military Tu-154 plane crash in the Black Sea, near a makeshift memorial outside the headquarters of the Alexandrov Ensemble, also known as the Red Army Choir, in Moscow, Russia December 25, 2016.
A man lays flowers before photos of the journalists who died in the Russian Defense Ministry's Tu-154 aircraft crash off the Black Sea coast near Sochi. The Ostankino TV Center, Moscow, Russia.
People place a portrait of the founder of Voters' League, charity activist Elizaveta Glinka, known as Dr. Lisa, and a picture of the Tu-154 airplane at Sochi airport on December 25, 2016.
A photo of Russian Army Bandmaster Lieutenant General Valery Khalilov, who died in the Russian Defense Ministry's Tu-154 crash, is seen here outside the building of The Alexandrov Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Russian Army in Moscow.
Russian Army Bandmaster Valery Khalilov is seen here during a rehearsal of May 9 military parade on Red Square, 2015. In May 2016, he was appointed the artistic director of the Alexandrov Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Russian Army.
The Alexandrov Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Russian Army performing at a concert marking the Day of the Union State at the 25th International Art Festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk.
Dr. Elizaveta Glinka, or Dr. Lisa, a well-known charity activist who helped evacuate many children wounded during the Ukrainian conflict. Dr. Lisa was the head of Fair Aid charity fund that provides support and medical assistance to terminally ill cancer patients.
People light candles in memory of passengers and crew members of Russian military Tu-154 plane, which crashed into the Black Sea, at the Russian embassy in Minsk, Belarus on December 25, 2016.
A clergyman and church members during a memorial service dedicated to the victims of the Tu-154 plane crash, the Epiphany Cathedral at Yelokhovo, Moscow.
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