said on December 25 that nine vessels and 48 divers were involved in a search for a military plane that crashed into the Black Sea two minutes after taking off from Sochi, Russia, that morning.The Tu-154 plane was carrying 92 people, including military personnel, members of the press, and 64 members of a Russian army song and dance group, the Alexandrov Ensemble, according to a list of passengers and crew released by the Russian defense ministry. Airplane debris and four bodies had been found by early afternoon on December 25, Russian officials said. A large recovery operation was under way involving the Russian defense and emergency ministries. A technical fault was the probable cause, while pilot error and terrorism were unlikely, according to the Russian defense ministry. The Russian emergencies ministry said it had sent divers who were approved to operate at depth of 20 to 90 meters, and deep-water search apparatus called Falcon, which could operate at depths of 80 to 110 meters. Credit: Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations via Storyful">