Russian plane crash: Pilot fault or technical error likely cause for crash

  • 7 years ago
Russia's Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said the plane that plunged into the Black Sea was likely the result of pilot error or technical fault. Rescue workers found a number of fragments of the plane a mile away from the shore and also several feet under the sea. As of Sunday evening, 11 bodies were recovered from the plane, including fragments of bodies. Authorities believe all 84 passengers died in the crash, only two minutes after taking off from Sochi. Sokolov said that terrorism has been ruled out as a cause of the crash.

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