Following Tu-154 Crash, Prosecutor's Office Opens Criminal Case Into Terrorism

Following the crash of the Tu-154 plane off the Black Sea coast, Russia's Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov instructed his deputy Sergei Fridinsky to open a criminal case into terrorism and head a group of investigators working in the disaster area, reported the Information and Public Relations Department of the Prosecutor-General's Office. The Tu-154 crashed on Thursday while performing a regular flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Novosibirsk, Western Siberia, killing all passengers and crew on board.