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First Tu-154 Black Box Found, Raised to Black Sea Surface - Security Source

© Press-service of Russian Emergency Situations Ministry / Go to the mediabankSearch operations underway after Tu-154 crash in Black Sea
Search operations underway after Tu-154 crash in Black Sea - Sputnik International
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The first of two flight data recorders belonging to the sunken military plane in the Black Sea has been raised to the surface, a source in the Russian security services told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

Search continues for bodies of Tu-154 crash victims in Sochi - Sputnik International
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Tu-154 Black Boxes Expected to Be Recovered After Lifting Tail Section
MOSCOW (Sputnik) The flight parameter and cockpit voice recorder were presumed to be located in the tail assembly of the Russian Defense Ministry's Tu-154.

"The first Tu-154 black box was found and raised to the surface at 8:48 a.m. [05:48 GMT]," the source said.

The Russian Defense Ministry's Tu-154 aircraft en route to Syria from Moscow crashed soon after takeoff near Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi early on Sunday.

The plane was carrying 92 people including eight crew members, 64 musicians of the Alexandrov Ensemble, nine reporters, head of Spravedlivaya Pomoshch (Fair Aid) charity Elizaveta Glinka, and two federal civil servants.

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