Found the black box of the Tu-154

Soon the flight data recorder of the Tu-154 will be delivered to Moscow, and the experts will start decrypting it. One of the 3 black boxes found today at about 6 am, at a depth of 17 meters. The divers brought ashore the body of another victim. While could find only 12 tel.

A search operation in the area of the crash of the liner being non-stop. 24 hours a day. Night, nearly 2 km from the coast, a 30-meter depth was discovered 5 fragments of the plane. It's several parts of fuselage, engines, various machines and assemblies. All of the debris brought to shore and transferred to the investigating authorities. Were found the flight recorder of the Tu-154.

Rescuers of the southern regional search and rescue team and the state Inspectorate for small vessels of EMERCOM of Russia on boats surveyed more than 100 square kilometers of the Black sea in the search area at the crash site of Tu-154 to Sochi. In the search area are 2 submersibles of the Russian geographical society and the additional force of unmanned aircraft. To lift from the bottom of the large parts of the plane arrived the sea self-propelled crane "Chernomorets-11" with a cargo platform. Since the beginning of the rescue operation divers have made about 70 dives, raising the wreckage, including large fragments.

Now in search involved more than 3.5 thousand people and over 500 pieces of equipment. To date, we found 12 bodies of the victims, the aircraft of the military transport aircraft delivered to Moscow for identification by relatives. It is reported that so far managed to establish the identity of one of them. Tu-154 crash occurred on December 25 early in the morning. On Board were 92 people: soldiers, members of the media. Elizaveta Glinka, known as Dr. Lisa, and the performers of the Alexandrov ensemble, flying to congratulate the New year, the air group VC Russia at the air base, "Hamim" in Syria.

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