Air disaster

2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash

25 Dec 2016 · 43.42° N, 39.84° E

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When
25 Dec 2016
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
43.42° N, 39.84° E
Description
aviation accident
Deaths
92
Injured
0

2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash

2016 aircraft accident in the Black Sea

On 25 December 2016, a Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner of the Russian Defence Ministry crashed into the Black Sea shortly after taking off from Sochi International Airport, Russia, while en route to Khmeimim Air Base, Syria, during the Russian military intervention in the war in Syria. All 92 passengers and crew on board, including 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble choir of the Russian Armed Forces, were killed.

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