Business Standard

Monday, December 23, 2024 | 04:47 PM ISTEN Hindi

Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

President Mukherjee condoles Russian aircraft death

Image

ANI New Delhi [India]

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday expressed grief over the death of the people who lost their lives in Russian military aircraft crash.

"Heartfelt condolences on the loss of lives in the crash of a Russian military aircraft in the Black Sea," President Mukherjee tweeted.

A Russian military aircraft Tu-154, carrying 92 people on board crashed in the Black Sea yesterday.

There were 84 passengers and eight crew members on board.

The first body from the crashed airplane was found six kilometres from Sochi coastline in the Black Sea yesterday.

The aircraft Tu-154 that departed from Sochi at 5.20 a.m. local time disappeared from radars about 20 minutes after takeoff.

 

Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content

Don't miss the most important news and views of the day. Get them on our Telegram channel

First Published: Dec 26 2016 | 2:57 PM IST

Explore News