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2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash

Took place on December 25, 2016

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On 25 December 2016, a Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner of the Russian Defence Ministry crashed into the Black Sea shortly after taking off from Sochi International Airport, Russia, while en route to Khmeimim Air Base, Syria, during the Russian military intervention in the war in Syria.

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