Tu-154 Was Examined By Security Services And Permitted To Take Off

As the Novosti news agency knows from knowledgeable sources, the crew of the TU-154 airliner, which crashed to the Black Sea while en route from Tel Aviv to Novorossiisk, had received permission to take off after having been examined by security service. Israel's transport minister Efraim Sne has put off his routine work to look into the crash of the TU-154 liner which belonged to the Russian Sibir airline. The Israeli authorities cannot, so far, provide an explanation for the crash, the transport ministry told RIA Novosti. The minister is getting in touch with Russian authorities at the moment.