A Russian military plane carrying 92 people has crashed into the Black Sea

A Russian military Tu-154 plane has crashed into the Black Sea, confirmed Russia's defence ministry.

The military aircraft, which was carrying service personnel as well as members of the famous Alexandrov military band as well as journalists, disappeared from a radar 20 minutes after taking off from Adler airport in Sochi for refuelling at refuelling 05:20 a.m. local time (02:20 GMT).

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