Identified two of the victims of Tu-154 crash – TASS

MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. The operation to lift it from the bottom of the Black sea, the victims of the crash of Tu-154 Russian defense Ministry, as well as the wreckage of the airliner continues. Raised by a number of large fragments and identified two victims, but the flight recorders of the liner have not yet been found.

the Tu-154 Russian defense Ministry crashed shortly after takeoff from Adler airport on December 25. The plane crashed near the shore in waters of the Black sea. On Board were 84 passengers and eight crew members. The tragedy claimed the lives of 64 participants of the Alexandrov ensemble and its leader Valery Khalilov, journalists from three TV channels, the head of the Fund “Fair aid” Elizabeth Glinka, known as Dr. Lisa, head of Department of culture of the military Department of Anton Gubankova, employees of the Ministry.

the rise of the victims and wreckage

in the Morning a military Il-76 delivered in the Russian capital 11 dead and 86 fragments of bodies. Their genetic analysis and identification is carried out in 111 Main state center of judicial medical and criminalistic expertise of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation. During the day was discovered two dead and other parts.

According to sources TASS, identified two of the victims of the tragedy. The first victim identified in Moscow, his name is not called, the second identified was aircraft commander Roman wolves, it was determined by the insignia. The defense Ministry confirmed the identification of relatives of one victim.

On the shore at any time since December 25, rescuers and the military have not found a single body or fragment.

raised From the wreckage the largest was the middle part of the fuselage with a size of 3.5 x 4.5 meters – a piece of the side trim with portholes. Detected but not raised a number of fragments, one of them the tail section with fragments of the engine. Previously raised a number of small fragments, including two hydraulic drive of the control mechanism of the aircraft.

For hoisting from the bottom of the large parts of the area of operations arrived the sea self-propelled crane with a lifting capacity up to 100 tons.

Stories of people killed over the Black sea

the Nature of the disaster

As reported in the defense Ministry, the main part of the wreckage lies at a depth of 30 meters to 1.7 kilometers from the shore.

With sonar installed, that they are scattered on the seabed within a radius of approximately 500 metres. Their search is conducted along the flight path of the aircraft, the swath width of 400 meters. The search area is divided into 16 sectors, seven of them have been surveyed by 100%. Also fully understood the whole surface search area that includes a coastline.

In search of the wreckage and the bodies involved 45 ships, 15 deep-sea submersibles, diver 192, 12 aircraft and 5 helicopters.

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Version and effect

While no distinct versions of the Tu-154 crash is not known, we consider two classic causes of accidents, in particular, technical malfunction of the plane and pilot error. As stated earlier, who heads the Commission on investigation of state of emergency the Minister of transport Maxim Sokolov, the attack is the main version of the causes of the tragedy is not.

Data about a possible terrorist attack on Board the Tu-154 and not the FSB. As reported TASS in the Center of public relations of FSB of Russia, such features and facts not obtained. Production versions of the FSB called: getting into the engine foreign objects, poor quality fuel, piloting error and technical malfunction of the plane.

the FSB also said that there are eyewitnesses of the crash and record DVR. Investigators are working with them.

the crash SK the Russian Federation investigates criminal case under article 351 of the criminal code of Russian Federation (“Infringement of rules of flights or preparation for them, entailed on imprudence death of the person or other heavy consequences”).

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Black boxes

to Shed light on the true causes of the tragedy will help decoding of flight recorders of the aircraft, however, they have not yet found. Moreover, the experts had previously found it difficult to name even possible to detect them as black boxes Tu-154 are not equipped with beacons and planned to look for deep-water submersibles.

However, the rise discovered tail of the plane with the wreckage of the engine can facilitate this task as previously explained the chief of the HQs Viktor Bondarev, the flight data recorders of the Tu-154 are located in its tail, in Kiel.

As emphasized in the defense Ministry, on the ground search recorders special group of divers engaged around the clock.

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brief history of the disaster

the Tu-154B-2 (side number 85572) took off from the Chkalovsky airport in the Russian capital at 3:43 GMT 25 Dec. The plane was heading to Syria, where the base Hamim the musicians of the ensemble Alexandrova was to give a Christmas concert for the air group of the Russian Federation, and Dr. Lisa visit Syrian hospital.

Landing for refueling was planned in Mozdok, but due to bad weather he went to Adler.

After refueling, at 5:25 Moscow time the airliner went down on his last flight. According prevalent on the Internet talks dispatchers Sochi airport with the commander of the crew, he was gone to climb 300 meters. As reported later in the military, mark of the aircraft on the radar screen disappeared after only 2 minutes in 5:27.

the search for the aircraft was sent to the Mi-8 helicopter of the rescue team of the airport, which is found on the surface of the water large oil stain. Later, the quest connected edge cutter. The first official report appeared two hours after the crash.

According to satellite imagery, the fuel slick formed in the Black sea after the crash of Tu-154, stretches nearly 4 km until evaporated by the sun. The length of the spot as of 06:31 GMT, 25 December was 3.7 km and an area of about 1 sq km And from the coast to the “nose” of the spot distance on the first satellite images was 1.4 km, which roughly corresponds to the current position of the wreckage at the bottom of the sea.

As reported in the defense Ministry before flying Tu-154B-2 was fully functional, he previously undergone three major repairs.