The first flight carrying the bodies of the victims of the Tu-154 plane crash which took place earlier today near Sochi will arrive in Moscow Monday, the Deputy Defense Minister Nikolay Pankov said.
"The defense minister made a decision, which have now brought to the relatives [of the victims], that the identification [of the remains] will be carried out in Moscow… The bodies will be delivered to Moscow using military-transport aircraft. The first flight will arrive tomorrow morning," Sputnik cited Pankov as saying.
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