Russian military plane crashes into Black Sea

Aircraft was carrying famed military band

Plane was flying to Syria

Debris located in Black Sea

A Russian military plane crashed on Sunday in the Black Sea as it made its way to Syria with 92 people onboard, including musicians heading to celebrate the New Year with troops.

The Russian defence ministry said there had been no survivors after the Tu-154 plane crashed shortly after taking off from the southern city of Adler, south of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, at 5.40 am local time (0240 GMT).