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BBC: Russia Black Sea air crash – pilot error blamed

By BBC.

Published June 1, 2017 at 7:49 pm

A picture shows candles and flowers layed next to a picture of an airplane at a memorial on a pier outside Sochi, on December 26, 2016, as Russia observes a national day of mourning a day after a military plane carrying 92 people, including dozens of members of the Red Army Choir, crashed in the Black Sea.

Photo by AFP

Russian investigators say the December crash of a Tu-154 airliner in the Black Sea, which killed 92 people, was most likely a case of pilot error.

The military flight was on its way to Syria, carrying members of the Alexandrov music ensemble, when it plunged into the sea on 25 December.