Erdogan extends condolences over Tu-154 plane crash

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extended his heartfelt condolences to the Russian President Vladimir Putin over the crash of the Russian Defense Ministry's Tu-154 aircraft in the Black Sea, the Kremlin press service said. 

"Erdogan called Putin to express his condolences over the crash of Russian TU-154 plane near the Black Sea city," Reuters cited the press service as saying.   Tu-154 aircraft with 92 people on board, including the world-renowned choir of the country's Armed Forces, the Alexandrov Ensemble, and nine journalists, crashed on its way to the Russian airbase in Syria's Latakia province.