MOSCOW. Dec 26 (Interfax) - The bodies of around 80 passengers and crewmembers of the Tupolev Tu-154 airliner have been recovered from the Black Sea, a source in the operational headquarters on the crash site told Interfax.
"At this point, bodies of approximately 80 people have been raised," the source said.
According to tentative information, participants in the rescue operation have also found large fragments of fuselage and the airplane's right engine, the source added.
Interfax has no official confirmation of this information as of yet.