Searchers recover main black box of crashed Russian plane

Sochi, Russia

THE main black box of the Syria-bound Russian military plane that crashed into the Black Sea with 92 people on board 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 (0242 GMT) 1,600 metres from the shore at a depth of 17 metres," the defence ministry said in a statement, adding that the device would be sent to the Mos-cow region to be deciphered by experts.