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Possibility of terrorism. >> translator: so we think the reason for the crash could be a technical fault or a pilot error. >> reporter: terrorists have hit russia before bringing down this passenger plane over egypt in 2015. the clues to this crash may be in the planes black boxes. did the plane suddenly break apart, bad fuel or a sudden explosion? >> one of the early things theyre going to look for is whats the size of the debris field and that would tell them if the airplane came apart in flig...

Hours in the tupolev. the plane took off from a military air field, stopped for fuelling in sochi before taking off again for syria. a mile off the coast the plane suddenly went down in the black sea. no warnings, no distress calls. because it was a military plane leaving from a secured base, moscow is downplaying the possibility of terrorism. >> translator: so we think that the reason for the crash could be a technical fault or pilot error. >> reporter: terrorists have hit russia before, bringi...

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Atomic bomb. russian state-run media reporting a black box from that crashed military jet has now been recovered. while russian officials are downplaying the possibility of terror, instead focusing on pilot error or technical problem, no one is ready to say just what doomed the flight carrying 92 people. >> reporter: on the black sea, a national priority to recover the plane wreckage and bodies of the countrys beloved red army choir. ♪ a symbol of national identity and pride known around the...

Says mechanical failure or pilot error are the most likely causes. before the crash investigation has been completed, in fact, recovery teams are still working to recover all pieces from the aircraft so they can piece together exactly what went wrong. what we know is this is an aircraft operated by russian defense ministry. it took off from a military outside moscow en route to syria and stop on sochi to refuel. it was transporting 64 members of the official choir of the russian military, the so...

The black sea on its way to entertain russian troops in syria. its believed none of the 82 people on board survived. reportedly 13 bodies were found in a massive search operation. russian divers have found a piece of the planes cabin. aviation officials say pilot error or a mechanical problem may be to blame. for now the kremlin is ruling out terrorism as a possible cause. in pakistan, a fake news story almost led to nuclear war. afalsely quoted a former israeli defense minister saying israel ...

Plane? >> reporter: i know. thats a great question. in fact, they were ruling out terrorism in the hours after the plane was lost before they found any wreckage at all. theyve been saying from the outset and the kremlin emphasized it again, this is probably not terrorism, saying. most likely not terrorism. pilot error, mechanical failure. these >> they havent even found the black box recorders yet. divers are looking for that. they have a huge search for human remains and fuselage. its very deep...

Where russian troops are stationed to perform a new years concert. but the investigation is still only just in its early stages. theyre saying theyre focusing on technical pilot error in the moment. but that could change in the hours ahead. >> matthew live in moscow. officials in southern germany defused a bomb buried at a construction site. the explosive from world war ii weighing nearly two tons. officials chose christmas day as a day to safely detonate it, forcing 50,000 people to leave the...

And fragments of the aircraft. there were no survivors found at this point. in terms of the cause of the crash, the russian transport minister said they are looking at pilot error or mechanical failure for this. they are saying terrorism is not a main version of events they are looking at the this point. officials are trying to rule out terrorism as a cause of this. those remarks were made before the investigation is completed. and this was a military aircraft. carrying members of the armed forc...

Years performance, a concert to russian troops. of course, there are no survivors. this is a huge embarrassment to the russians as well as a huge tragedy nationally. its been a day of mourning today. were still not at a point we can say with any international what the outcome of this crash investigation is going to be. russian officials saying its likely to be pilot error or mechanical failure but i dont think we can rule out terrorism at this point. >> matthew, you just mentioned the achoir. th...