Black box recovered from doomed Russian flight

The main black box of a Syria-bound Russian military plane that crashed into the Black Sea with 92 people onboard has been found in a massive, ongoing search operation, authorities said on Tuesday.

"The main black box was found at 5:42 am Moscow time 1,600 meters from the shore at a depth of 17 meters," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, adding that the device would be sent to Moscow to be deciphered by experts.

The Tu-154 jet, whose passengers included 64 members of the army's official musical group, known as the Red Army Choir, went down off the seaside resort city of Sochi shortly after takeoff on Sunday.