SOCHI, Russia (AP) – The Latest on the crash of a Russian military plane in the Black Sea (all times local):
12:45 p.m.
A decorated Russian test pilot says investigators could retrieve data from the flight recorder found at the scene of Sunday’s plane crash later on Tuesday.
Magomed Tolboyev told the Interfax news agency that investigators could retrieve the first data from the Russian military’s Tu-154 by the end of the day.
All 92 people aboard the plane are believed to have died Sunday morning when it crashed two minutes after taking off from the southern Russian city of Sochi.