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| Russian military plane 'crashes in Black Sea near Sochi' | |
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| A Russian military plane with 91 people on board has crashed into the Black Sea, media reports say. | |
| The plane disappeared from radar 20 minutes after taking off from Adler airport in the resort of Sochi at 05:20 (02:20 GMT). | |
| The defence ministry said the Tu-154 aircraft was carrying service personnel, members of the famed Alexandrov choir and reporters. | |
| The plane was reportedly flying to Syria's Latakia province. | |
| A rescue team has now found debris in the Black Sea, news agencies said. | |
| Russian defence ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said the plane was carrying passengers to a New Year's performance for Russian troops deployed in Syria. | |
| Russia - a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - has been carrying out air strikes against what it described as terrorist groups. | |
| The aircraft went missing as it was manoeuvring over Russia's territorial waters, a source at the emergency ministry was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies. | The aircraft went missing as it was manoeuvring over Russia's territorial waters, a source at the emergency ministry was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies. |