The latest versions of the accident of the Tu 154 aircraft

Investigation in a criminal case initiated on the fact aviation accident On December 25, 2016, the Tu-154 aircraft near the Sochi airport continues in the manner prescribed by Russian law.

156 people were recognized as victims in the criminal case.

To date, work is underway with more than 100 witnesses, including officials of the Aerospace Forces, as well as employees of the JSC international Airport Sochi, responsible for preparing the aircraft for flight and air traffic control.

With the participation of experts, a comprehensive commission flight and technical forensic examination of an aircraft flight is carried out.

Conclusions were received based on the results of 356 forensic, 23 molecular genetic, 3 explosive and one phonoscopic examinations. A forensic chemical study of fuels and lubricants has also been completed.

All the obtained objective data make it possible to completely exclude the version of the explosion on board the aircraft.

Active procedural interaction has been established with the citizens who suffered as a result of the air crash.

The course of the preliminary investigation in this criminal case is under constant control of the Chairman of the Investigative Committee Russian Federation.

Official representative of the Russian Investigative Committee S. Petrenko

The first question: what new have we learned from the message of the UK?

Answer: Nothing new.

Starting from December 27, 2016, all representatives of the authorities (Ministry of Defense, IAC, Ministry of Transport) repeated the same thing: there was NO explosion on board. Nothing exploded, did not burn, did not boom, did not torment the bodies of people into small pieces, did not throw the wreckage of the liner several kilometers apart. Today we were repeated the old mantra: if someone saw the CONSEQUENCES of the explosion, then let him not believe his eyes. Although n After an emergency, a frame made a few seconds after the Tu-154 took off got on the Internet. It shows a flash on board the liner, which some experts interpreted as an explosion. But...inthere was no explosion! This is evidenced by 356 forensic, 23 molecular genetic, 3 explosive and one phonoscopic examination.

However, the country and the world are, by and large, interested not in whether there was or was not a terrorist attack or an explosion of ammunition on board, but the real REASON crash. In a year of work, the investigation has refuted only one of dozens or hundreds possible versions.

Therefore, we set second question: why did the Tu-154 crash?

The answer in the official message of the UK is no. That is, not at all. None. Not a hint. No guesses ... Although still On May 24, 2017, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the final version of the cause of the disaster was “99% clear” and promised to name it soon. Didn't name...

All over it turns out that one the missing percentage to complete the picture and formulate the causes of the tragedy was not found until December 25, 2017. The IC's references to the need to interview 100 witnesses look ridiculous. What were they doing whole year Dozens of investigators, if they did not have time to interview 100 people in 12 months - note, not bandits who still need to be searched for and caught by thieves "khaz" and "raspberries", but military and civilian specialists who come for interrogations on demand?

Let me remind you exactly what the procedure for investigators to follow after the plane crash is. Here is a schematic diagram of the flight accident investigation network:

There are at least 12 main methods used by commissions of inquiry in air crash investigations:

1. Search for the four ends of the aircraft (to determine: disintegrated in the air or from hitting the ground);

2.Search for voice and flight recorders. Listening;

3.Checking radio communications with the dispatcher;

4. ATIS report (thunderstorms, hail, microbursts);

5.Search and assembly of debris (of all systems);

6.Testing similar models under similar conditions

7. Testing in the simulator;

8. The study of the personal files of pilots (psychological factor)

9.Checking passengers on tickets and cargo on consignment notes (probability of a terrorist attack);

10. Interrogation of survivors, eyewitnesses;

11. Pathological anatomy of corpses;

12. View video of the crash.

Work on " compulsory program"air investigators, as shown by many years of world practice, take several days to several months(in the presence of black boxes and wreckage of the liner, and in our case they were removed in the very first days after the accident, the time is reduced to several weeks).

According to the website of aviators Avia.pro, in order to increase the efficiency and completeness of the investigation of serious flight accidents in some countries, for example, Canada, they create accident investigation schedules.

Documentation compiled during the investigation of flight accidents differs in form and content in various countries. Some countries are introducing a standardized form that facilitates machine processing of flight accident data, reduces the time it takes to complete documentation, and ensures that the material actually collected is complete. The documentation team is preparing: information report on flight accident; factual material obtained during the investigation; reports, reports of groups that are members of the commission; a report on the causes of the flight accident, the conclusions of which are substantiated by actual data and logically justified.

It should be noted that the schedules of investigations are very strict in terms of time and do not allow many months of delays on the part of the investigation. In order, for example, to determine whether there was an explosion on board the aircraft, or not, it is enough to study the nature of the damage to the debris (the impact force coming from the inside turns them out). Traces of explosives are also found within a day or two after the accident (for example, a Russian plane blown up over Sinai).

The global regulation on the investigation of air crashes implies and timely information the public about the course of the investigation and its results. For example, about the causes of the crash of a German airliner that crashed into alpine mountain On March 24, 2015, the world found out exactly two days later - already on March 26 (a car with passengers was killed by a crazy pilot). Publicity is necessary not only to satisfy the LEGAL demands of the relatives of the victims (they must know exactly how their loved ones died and who is to blame for this), but also for the professional community - pilots and airlines around the world are closely studying the causes of disasters in order to AVOID them in your work. In this sense, the openness of the investigation is even difficult to overestimate!

There are also very few examples of a different kind - when the investigation, even years later, cannot formulate the cause of the accident.

Most famous case of course it is missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 . March 8, 2014 passenger airliner, on board of which there were 239 people, suddenly stopped responding to requests from dispatchers and literally disappeared in the blind zone of radar stations above Indian Ocean. The plane was searched for several months until the wreckage was found thousands of kilometers from the search area.

However, the Russian Tu-154 did not fly even out of direct line of sight from the Sochi airport... Against this background, the silence and unprecedented closeness of the authorities in informing about the results of the investigation looks simply indecent. According to Gazeta.ru, no information about the completion of the investigation was given on the website of the Russian Defense Ministry, no official press release was published, and no press conference was held on the results of the investigation. About what "NI" repeatedly reminded all the organizations and persons involved in the investigation.

Now it’s not just a guess, but we can say for sure: the authorities HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE. For example, the quite convincing version of Novaya Gazetathat in the cockpit in the seat of the co-pilot there was an outsider who was not trained and not allowed to fly, who mixed up the levers, retracted the flaps and left the landing gear.

"What kind of substance settled on the intake ducts of the Tu-154 engine? It is very likely that before they stopped, the aircraft's engines sucked in the sprayed fine products of the explosion. Such a "sticky fine" cannot be formed with a simple mechanical destruction of the aircraft structure (for example, upon impact with water) ." asked independent technical expert Yuri Antipov.

Of course, we did not wait for an answer either to this question, or to many others. other.

So the government itself gives a reason and reasons for any "speculation" on the topic of the tragedy.

The Tu-154 aircraft of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation crashed in the Black Sea. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Sunday morning that the mark of the Tu-154 aircraft, which was performing a scheduled flight from the Adler airfield, had disappeared from the radar. The Ministry of Defense clarified that fragments of the Tu-154 hull were found 1.5 kilometers from Black Sea coast Sochi at a depth of 50-70 meters.

In total, there were 92 people on board, including 64 artists of the Alexandrov Ensemble, almost the entire choir and part of the orchestra musicians - accordion and balalaika players.

UPDATE 19:50

The head of the Russian Ministry of Transport, Maxim Sokolov, who heads the government commission to investigate the Tu-154 crash of the Ministry of Defense, said that equipment on board the aircraft apparently worked abnormally. On Thursday, December 29, reports RIA Novosti.

When the plane hit the water surface and, subsequently, the bottom of the Black Sea, it almost completely collapsed, which, of course, complicated the search operation, he added. Sokolov also urged to refrain from disseminating any versions of the Tu-154 crash until the final announcement of the results of the commission's work.

UPDATE 15:20

Experts of the interdepartmental commission to investigate the causes of the fall of the Tu-154 of the Ministry of Defense in the Black Sea are studying fragments of the aircraft that the rescuers raised to the surface. According to Life, experts were puzzled by damage to the engine turbine blades. On the one hand, this detail unambiguously rejects the version of a bird getting into the turbine, on the other hand, it indicates that the engine may have been faulty before the flight. Now the damaged turbine blades will be studied in detail by experts, after which they will give an unambiguous answer whether they were deformed when they hit the water or appeared before the crash. In addition, after a preliminary study of the right wing of the Tu-154 discovered in the sea, experts found that the flap on one wing was released, but it is not yet clear what command he then performed - to take off or descend.

In one of the special hangars in Sochi, the laying out of Tu-154 parts has already begun, which are daily lifted from the bottom of the Black Sea by divers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Defense. The first engine, together with the landing gear, was found on the morning of December 27, and by the evening the second one was also raised. The second, as it turned out, had almost no deformation, the rescuers said.

In theory, now these "puzzles" should form an aircraft model that is as close as possible to the original form. The experts of the interdepartmental commission already have large fragments in their hands: tail section Tu-154 with engines, central part fuselage, right wing. These details are now being carefully studied to understand the trajectory and angle of entry of the aircraft into the water, as well as the circumstances that could lead to its crash.

UPDATE 13:20

The Chkalov air base, which included the Tu-154 that crashed in Sochi, will be reorganized next year, and the Special Purpose Aviation Division (ADON) will be re-created on its basis. The Izvestia newspaper writes about this.

According to the newspaper, the reconstituted division will be based at the Chkalovsky military airfield near Moscow, its formation will begin early next year. This information was officially confirmed to Izvestiya by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Prior to disbanding in 2010, aircraft and helicopters of the Special Forces Division transported, and, if necessary, evacuated Soviet and Russian military personnel and civilian specialists from hot spots around the planet, the newspaper notes.

UPDATE 12:00

The cause of the crash of the Tu-154 aircraft of the Ministry of Defense, which crashed into the Black Sea near Sochi on the morning of December 25, has been preliminarily established - this was a stall at insufficient speed for climbing due to flap misalignment. Interfax reported this on the evening of December 27, citing a source in the operational headquarters at the scene of the emergency.

According to preliminary data, the flaps worked out of alignment on board, as a result of their failure to exit, the lift was lost, the speed was not sufficient to climb, and the aircraft fell down, the agency source said.

According to him, the reason why the flaps could work abnormally has not been established. There is no official confirmation of this information.

The flap hypothesis appeared immediately after the crash. So, "Kommersant" wrote that a critical malfunction could lead to their mismatch.

The uniform extension of the flaps on the Tu-154 is monitored by a special automatic system SPZ-1A, which, in case of mismatch, turns off their hydraulic drive, offering the pilot to switch to manual control of the flaps. However, in the event of, for example, a break in the flap drive, the SPZ-1A is powerless, the newspaper noted.

On the eve of the FSB of Russia, the main working versions of the Tu-154 crash were “the ingress of foreign objects into the engine, low-quality fuel, which caused loss of power and engine failure, pilot error and technical malfunction of the aircraft.”

UPDATE 09:30

Experts have deciphered the voice flight recorder of the crashed Tu-154 of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The film, which recorded the crew's conversations and conversations inside the cabin, was not damaged.

The conversation is interrupted by the fact that one of the pilots exclaims: "Flaps, bitch!" And then a cry sounds: "Commander, we are falling!", - said a source close to the investigation.

According to him, the second recorder, a parametric one, has not yet been delivered to the Central Research Institute of the Air Force and it is not known when its decoding will begin.

UPDATE 14:40

Divers found one of the flight recorders at the crash site of the Tu-154 aircraft of the Ministry of Defense in the Black Sea. This was reported to TASS in law enforcement agencies.

In the course of search operations, one black box was found under the cockpit. It will be taken out of the water soon, the source said.

The interlocutor also said that the bodies of the three dead and a large number of remains found in the area of ​​the crash.

UPDATE 21:20

A mourning action was held in the regional capital to pay tribute to the victims who died as a result of the plane crash of the Ministry of Defense in the Black Sea. It was attended by deputies of the Legislative Duma and the City Duma, the military and caring citizens.

The event was held near the monument to the Su-7B attack aircraft in the area of ​​the Portovaya bus stop. The laying ceremony took place in the dark on purpose, so that people, after the end of the working day, could pay tribute and memory to the dead. This is what made it possible for almost a hundred people to come to the action.

It terrible tragedy. Absolutely in any situation, every life is important, and now the whole of Russia has united. Population big country mourns and expresses condolences to the relatives of the crew. It's nice that so many people were able to find time and come today to say goodbye to the dead. If someone did not have time to join us, then he can come to honor people later. The main thing is desire, said Ruslan Verkhoturov, co-organizer.

Representatives of the city and regional authorities took turns taking the floor. They talked about personal memories of meeting Elizaveta Glinka who headed the charitable foundation and Valery Khalilov the creator of the Amur Waves festival of military bands. There followed a moment of silence and the laying of flowers began.

It is very sad that people die in peacetime. Proceedings will now be held, work will be carried out to prevent this from happening in the future. This should not happen and I hope that this will not happen again,” said Alisa Selezneva, a student.

UPDATE 19:20

The attack is not the main version of the Tu-154 crash. Experts also do not see the need for additional security measures at Russian airports.

- As far as we know, the main versions do not include the version terrorist act. We proceed from the fact that the causes of the disaster could be either technical condition or pilot error. But I emphasize that this is being established by the investigation, as well as by a special technical commission of the Ministry of Defense,” said the Minister of Transport of Russia.

UPDATE 16:15

Experts analyzed objective monitoring data from radar facilities in order to more accurately determine the flight path wrecked Tu-154. They found out that the plane crashed six kilometers from the coast, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Currently, 39 ships and boats, 135 divers and seven deep-sea vehicles. Soldiers are also surveying the shore in search of the bodies of the dead, the wreckage of the aircraft and the personal belongings of the passengers. In total, about 3.5 thousand people participate in the operation.

UPDATE 16:06

Khabarovsk colleagues of the artist honored the memory of the deceased Valery Khalilov.

Khabarovsk residents bring flowers to Glory Square. Colleagues Valery Khalilov brought a music stand to the Square of Glory, on which there was a photograph of the conductor with a mourning ribbon. Musicians and caring Khabarovsk residents laid flowers and lit candles at the music stand.

UPDATE 15:30

Among those flying was 46-year-old Lieutenant Colonel of the Eastern Military District Alexander Vaganov. He was on board the Tu-154, which took off from Sochi early Sunday morning.

UPDATE 15:20

The first plane with 10 bodies of those killed in the crash of the Tu-154 flew to Moscow, Interfax was told in the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry.

An Il-76 military transport aircraft with 10 bodies and 86 fragments found at the crash site flew to Moscow, where their identification and genetic examination will be carried out by specialists from the Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination and 111 Center for Forensic Expertise of the Russian Ministry of Defense, said a department employee .

UPDATES 13:40

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, decided to perpetuate the memory of Elizaveta Glinka, head of the Just Aid Foundation, who died in a Tu-154 plane crash over the Black Sea, and to name the Republican Children's Clinical Hospital in Grozny after her.

UPDATE 12:30

Who will oversee the "Amur Waves" after the death of Valery Khalilov is still unknown.

The festival is still very far away. We are shocked by the tragedy and, of course, we have not had time to discuss anything yet. Who will oversee the festival after the death of Valery Mikhailovich is still difficult to say. We will resolve this issue. Incredible loss for cultural life throughout the country, a DVhab correspondent was told by the directorate of the Amur Waves festival.

UPDATE 12:10

The match "Amur" "Admiral" will begin in Vladivostok with a minute of silence in memory of those killed in the plane crash.

UPDATE 10:40

The compensation limits for the crash of the Tu-154 for the military will be about 7.8 million rubles, for civilians - 3 million rubles, said Igor Yurgens, president of the All-Russian Union of Insurers. He explained that all those on board the aircraft were entitled to payments of 2 million rubles under the Air Code.

In addition to this payment, the amount of compensation for the military is as follows:
Compulsory insurance for military personnel (insurance is carried out in accordance with Law No. 52-FZ) provides for a death benefit in the amount of 2.337 million rubles. In addition, the insurer is authorized to make payments of lump-sum benefits in the event of the death of a serviceman or his recognition as unfit for military service. The allowance for the death of a serviceman is 3.506 million rubles. Subsequently, they are compensated to the insurer from the budget.

UPDATE 10:20

The chief military conductor of the country, Lieutenant General Valery Khalilov, was among the passengers of the crashed Tu-154 aircraft of the Russian Defense Ministry, which crashed on December 25 in the Black Sea. Valery Khalilov was the initiator of the event in the Khabarovsk Territory International Festival military bands "Amur Waves", which was created with his direct support and participation. Since 2012, Valery Khalilov has been coming to Khabarovsk every year to participate in the festival.

From 2002 to 2016, Valery Khalilov was the head of the military orchestra service of the Russian Federation, the chief military conductor. In this position, he repeatedly acted as a conductor of a combined military orchestra, which took part in parades dedicated to Victory Day on Red Square.

In April 2016, Khalilov was appointed head of the ensemble - artistic director of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army named after A. V. Alexandrov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared December 26 a national day of mourning for the citizens of the Russian Federation who died on Sunday in a Tu-154 plane crash of the Russian Defense Ministry, flying to Syria at the Khmeimim airbase of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

UPDATE 19:20

Search and rescue operations at the crash site of an airship in the Black Sea near Sochi continue. Russian law enforcement agencies, as part of the criminal case, are investigating the causes and circumstances of the crash of the liner, which resulted in the death of 92 people.

The plane crash in which the ensemble team named after Alexandrova is a tragedy of enormous proportions, because Russia has lost the best, Russian singer Lev Leshchenko said during a special edition of the Baltkom-online program on the Latvian radio station Baltkom.

UPDATE 17:50

The Tu-154 aircraft of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation disappeared from the radar screens a few minutes after taking off from Sochi. According to preliminary information, there were 82 passengers and ten crew members on board. This was reported to a source in emergency services.

- The Tu-154 aircraft took off from Sochi, but after a few minutes it disappeared from the radar screens, - said the interlocutor.

UPDATE 16:20

The Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed the discovery of the crash site of the Tu-154 aircraft in the Black Sea, TASS reports. People have not yet been found.

UPDATE 16:05

Interfax source in emergency services Krasnodar Territory reports on the discovery of the site of the alleged fall of the Tu-154.

When examining the water area 6-8 kilometers from the coast, an oil slick was found, which, as expected, could be the result of a plane crash in this place. Rescue ships have been sent there, the source of the agency says. There was still no official confirmation of the fall.

Occur almost annually since the start of flights of this type of aircraft. From 1973 to 2011, there were only a few years during which there would not have been a single incident related to the Tu-154.

In total, 72 Tu-154 aircraft were lost in accidents and disasters. largest Tu-154 crash(and all Soviet aviation) occurred on July 10, 1985 near Uchkuduk. The overloaded plane fell into a tailspin due to the fault of the crew. There were 200 people on board, all of them died.

In general, despite the fact that, according to some pilots, the Tu-154 is too complicated for mass passenger liner and requires highly qualified both flight and ground personnel, this airliner has established itself as a completely reliable and safe aircraft. Moreover, Tu-154 crashes do not always happen due to the fault of technology.

Of course, airliner problems happen, but more often they occur on aircraft that are overused and do not receive appropriate maintenance. In addition, errors of the crew, dispatchers, or other circumstances often lead to disasters. For example, in 2011, a civilian flight flying over the Black Sea was mistakenly shot down by a Ukrainian air defense missile during an exercise…

From recent disasters it is worth noting Polish Tu-154, which crashed near Smolensk in 2010. On that plane is the President of Poland with his wife, as well as many high-ranking officials. They all died.

But there are also better outcomes. In 2010, a plane with failed engines was able to land safely at an abandoned airfield in Izhma. This legendary Alrosa company saved the lives of 81 people.

The table below provides a short list of all Tu-154 crashes compiled by Wikipedia.

On the morning of December 25, 2016, it happened. 20 minutes after departure from Adler airport (5.20 Moscow time), the crew did not get in touch. Worst fears confirmed emergency services the region said the plane had crashed.

Chronicle of events

The plane was flying from Sochi to Syrian Latakia. According to the first data, there were 92 people on board the Tu-154, among which, according to the representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the musicians of the Song and Dance Ensemble Russian army named after A. V. Aleksandrov, crew members, the film crew of Channel One, NTV journalists, the team of the Zvezda TV channel, as well as accompanying persons.

The artists were supposed to congratulate the air group of the Aerospace Forces at the Khmeimim airbase on the New Year. According to the leader of the song and dance of the Russian army named after A.V. Alexandrov Vadim Ananiev, a small performance was planned, consisting of 15 works. He, like several other artists, was lucky not to be on board the Tu-154 that got into a plane crash.

List of those killed in the Tu-154 crash

The crew of the Tu-154 85572

• Mr. Volkov R.A.
• Dr. Rovensky A.V.
• s/n Petukhov A.N.
• Dr. Mamonov A.V.
• Art. l-t Hairdressers V.N.
• Mr. Tregubov V.A.
• Art. Dr. Sushkov B.C.
• Art. l-t Sukhanov A.O.

List of persons carried on an aircraft

Military personnel:

• g/l-t Khalilov V.M.
• colonel Khasanov A.B.
• colonel Vaganov N.I.
• colonel Ivanov A.Yu.
• p/p-to Kolosovsky A.V.
• Mr. Dolinsky A.I.
• colonel Negrub A.N.
• Dr. Abrosimov S.S.

Federal government civil servants:

• Gubankov A.N.
• Badrutdinova O.T.

International public organization "Fair Aid":

• Glinka E.P.

Mass media:

• Runkov D.A.
• Denisov V.V.
• Soydov A.A.
• Luzhetsky M.V.
• Obukhov P.K.
• Pestov O.M.
• Rzhevsky V.V.
• Suranov A.A.
• Tolstov E.V.

FBGU "Ensemble named after. Alexandrova":

• Sonnikov A.V.
• Guzhova L.A.
• Ivashko A.N.
• Brodsky V.A.
• Bulochnikov E.V.
• Golikov V.V.
• Osipov G.L.
• Sanin V.V.
• Mayorov K.V.
• Buryachenko B.B.
• Babovnikov D.V.
• Bazdyrev A.K.
• Belonozhko D.M.
• Beschastnov D.A.
• Vasin M.A.
• Georgiyan O.P.
• Davidenko K.A.
• Deniskin S.I.
• Zhuravlev P.V.
• Zakirov P.P.
• Ivanov M.A.
• Ivanov A.V.
• Kotlyar S.A.
• Kochemasov A.S.
• Krivtsov A.A.
• Litvyakov D.N.
• Mokrikov A.O.
• Morgunov A.A.
• Nasibulin Zh.A.
• Novokshanov Yu.M.
• Polyakov V.V.
• Saveliev A.V.
• Sokolovsky A.V.
• Tarasenko A.N.
• Trofimov A.S.
• Uzlovsky A.A.
• Khalimon V.L.
• Shtuko A.A.
• Kryuchkov I.A.
• Ermolin V.I.
• Bykov S.L.
• Kolobrodov K.A.
• Korzanov O.V.
• Larionov I.F.
• Lyashenko K.I.
• Mikhalin V.K.
• senior s-t Popov V.A.
• Razumov A.A.
• Serov A.S.
• Shakhov I.V.
• Archukova A.A.
• Gilmanova P.P.
• Ignatieva N.V.
• Klokotova M.A.
• Korzanova E.I.
• Pyreva L.A.
• Satarova V.I.
• Trofimova D.S.
• Khorosheva L.N.
• Tsvirinko A.I.
• Shagun O.Yu.
• Gurar L.I.
• Sulimanov B.R.
• Stolyar I.V.

The resonance is caused by known as Dr. Lisa. According to a number of media reports, a well-known philanthropist flew to Syria on another flight, but the assumptions did not come true - the Russian philanthropist and executive director of the Fair Aid Foundation was included in the list of those who died during the Tu-154 crash on December 25, 2016.

Search and rescue operations

Search and rescue operations increased momentum in the crash zone of the Russian Defense Ministry. The wreckage of the Tu-154 aircraft was found at a depth of 50-70 meters, 1.5 km from the Black Sea coast. 5.5 km from coastline personal belongings of the passengers on board were found.

According to the latest data, rescuers found 10 bodies. Personalities have not yet been established - the identification will take place in Moscow. A search area of ​​10.5 was formed square kilometers. More than 3,000 people take part in the operation, 27 ships and vessels are involved.

Causes of the Tu-154 crash

One of the main reasons for the Tu-154 crash on December 25, 2016 could be design feature aircraft. According to Viktor Pryadok, General Director of the Alliance of Aviation Technologies Avintel, the Tu-154 has an angle of attack warning mode of about 16-17 degrees, from which the aircraft can no longer exit if it continues to climb vigorously immediately after takeoff. The expert believes that the pilot could not take into account this feature.

According to another expert, the ex-shift supervisor of the main center of the unified system of organization air traffic Russia Vitaly Andreev, the current situation " can talk about what has developed on board emergency situation- either outside influence on the car, or a meeting with an obstacle that was unlikely to be there».

“Those versions of problems on board that are now being voiced - unbalance of the rudders, deviation from the established flight path - definitely could not prevent the crew from transmitting a signal to the ground about this,” says Andreev.

World reaction

The Tu-154 plane crash on December 25, 2016 shocked the world and caused a wide resonance. Condolences are expressed personally by the President of Russia, who signed a decree declaring mourning in connection with the crash of the Tu-154.

Condolences to the families of the victims were expressed by both world leaders and the caring population, laying flowers at the Russian embassies in their countries.