On 27 December 2016 , the Russian Ministry of Defence announced that it had grounded all of its Tu-154s until the end of the investigation into the December 2016 crash of a 1983 Tupolev Tu-154 . This was followed by the grounding of all Tu-154s in Russia . The Tu-154 had crashed into the Black Sea just after takeoff from Sochi , Russia , on 25 December 2016 killing all 92 people on board , including 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble , an official army choir of the Russian Armed Forces . The Red Army Choir singers and dancers were en route to Syria to entertain Russian troops in the run-up to the New Year
December 2016 crash
2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash
Tupolev Tu-154