Search team finds fragments of presumably Tu-154 plane wreckage a mile from a sea coast, according to a source, Russian news agency TASS has reported.
The Russian Defense Ministry has increased the group of unmanned aerial vehicles in the Tu-154 search area, the ministry`s press service said on Monday, TASS wrote.
”The group of the Defense Ministry`s unmanned aviation has been increased. Two more Granat-4 unmanned aerial vehicles have begun monitoring the sea`s surface, which made it possible to continuously observe all search areas,” Defense Ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, said.
Meanwhile, an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft operated by the Russian Defense Ministry has delivered two manned deep-sea submersibles to the search area of operations, the ministry`s press service added.
”The Il-76 aircraft that delivered two manned deep-sea submersibles of the Russian Geographical Society equipped with manipulators for complex deep-sea functions has landed at Sochi`s Adler airport,” the ministry said.
