A military plane carrying members of a renowned Cold War-era musical ensemble that was going to perform to Russian servicemen at a Syrian airbase crashed into the Black Sea early Sunday, apparently killing everyone aboard, officials said.
Los Angeles Times: Russian plane carrying famed chorus crashes into Black Sea
A picture shows a portrait of Valery Khalilov, chief conductor and artistic director of Alexandrov Ensemble placed next to candles at the headquarters of the Alexandrov Ensemble, in Moscow, on Dec. 25, after a Russian military plane that carried dozens of the ensemble members crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria.
