The Latest: Doctor taking meds to Syria among crash victims

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, stands with doctor Yelizaveta Glinka after giving her a state award at the award presentation ceremony for charity and human rights achievements in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. A Russian plane with 92 people aboard, including a well-known military band, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, Dec. 25, minutes after takeoff from the resort city of Sochi, the Defense Ministry said. Glinka, widely known for her charity efforts, was among those on board the Tu-154 plane. Her foundation said she was accompanying a shipment of medicines for a Syrian hospital. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

By Associated Press December 25, 2016 3 min read

MOSCOW (AP) – The Latest on the crash of a Russian aircraft with 92 people on board en route to Russia’s air base in Syria (all times local):

1:10 p.m.

Russia’s Defense Ministry says a widely revered Russian charity doctor was on board a Russian plane headed to Syria that crashed into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff.

Yelizaveta Glinka, known as Doctor Liza in Russia, has won broad acclaim for charity work that included missions to the war zone in eastern Ukraine.

Her foundation, Spravedlivaya Pomoshch, or Just Help, says she was accompanying a shipment of medicines for a hospital in Syria.