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The opening as it read in 2005

The plane, a Soviet -made Tupolev-154 , carried an estimated 66 passengers (mostly Jewish - Russian immigrants to Israel) and 12 crew members.¹ No one on board survived.² Russian ground control center in Sochi suddenly lost contact with the airliner. Soon, the pilot of an Armenian plane crossing the sea nearby reported the "flash" on the horizon . In the post- September 11 situation, the crash was initially thought to be due to terrorism . It was later declared that the plane was accidentally brought down by a stray anti-aircraft missile . It was supposedly fired by the Ukrainian Air Defense Force during the shooting exercise held that day on Cape Chuluk shooting range, on the south Crimean coast. The missile, part of obsolete Soviet -made S-200 air-defense system, was initially reported to be launched seawards and later successfully self-destructed. Ukraine's Minister of Defense and other higher commanders had been following the launch on site by radar . The following investigation conducted by Russian air safety officials discovered that the plane's debris bear damage similar to that caused by shrapnel (typically used in warheads of surface-to-air missiles). Also the timing of both the launch and the crash were reported matching. Despite that, Ukrainian military command has been insisting that the launch was completed according to the exercise plan, supported by video shot from the command post . But later the government of Ukraine officially recognized its military's fault in the accident and started negotiating compensation payments for victims' relatives. On 20 November , 2003 , the compensation agreement was signed between the governments of Ukraine and Israel . It was later ratified by the relatives of the victims who agreed to the conditions. In addition to compensation issues, the agreement has stated that "Ukraine is not legally responsible for the accident occurred to the plane and free of any obligations regarding it". Commenting on the agreement, Gen. Oleksandr Kuz'muk, the ex-Minister of Defense sacked after the accident, told media that "the payments were a humane action, not the admittance of guilt". Some Russian relatives of the crash victims refused to accept the compensation conditions offered by Ukraine. They brought a civil suit against the Ukrainian government to Pechers'ky local court in Kyiv . During the court hearings, the government representatives stated that the airplane "could not be brought down by a Ukrainian missile" according to the radar data. They also questioned the conclusions of the Russian-conducted investigation, calling them "mathematically modeled , but not proven by evidences ". They argued that the Soviet -made Identification friend or foe system of the missile in question would have prevented it from striking the Soviet-made airliner. The lawyer representing the plaintiffs argued in media that the fault of the Ukrainian government was effectively proven by the fact that it negotiated the compensations for Israeli relatives of the victims. In 21 June, 2004 , the spokesperson of Ukraine's General Prosecution Office stated that none of the 11 forensic examinations carried out so far have proven the fact of hitting the Tupolev-154 by a Ukrainian missile so the criminal investigation continued.³

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The plane, a Soviet -made Tupolev Tu-154 , carried an estimated 66 passengers and 12 crew members. No one on board survived. The crash site is some 120 miles (190 km) west-southwest of the Black Sea resort of Sochi and 90 miles (140 km) north of the Turkish coastal town of Fatsa and 220 miles (350 km) miles east-southeast of Feodosiya , Ukraine .

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The opening as it stood in 2015

Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 was a commercial flight shot down by the Ukrainian military over the Black Sea on 4 October 2001, en route from Tel Aviv , Israel to Novosibirsk , Russia. The plane, a Soviet -made Tupolev Tu-154 , carried an estimated 66 passengers and 12 crew members. Most of the passengers were Israelis visiting relatives in Russia. No one on board survived. The crash site is about 190 km west-southwest of the Black Sea resort of Sochi and 140 km north of the Turkish coastal town of Fatsa and 350 km south-southeast of Feodosiya in Crimea . Ukraine eventually admitted that the disaster was probably caused by an errant missile fired by its armed forces. Ukraine ended up paying $15 million to surviving family members of 78 victims ($200,000 per victim).

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Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 was a commercial flight shot down by the Ukrainian Air Force over the Black Sea on 4 October 2001, en route from Tel Aviv , Israel to Novosibirsk , Russia. The aircraft, a Soviet -made Tupolev Tu-154 , carried an estimated 66 passengers and 12 crew members. Most of the passengers were Israelis visiting relatives in Russia. There were no survivors. The crash site is about 190 km west-southwest of the Black Sea resort of Sochi and 140 km north of the Turkish coastal town of Fatsa and 350 km south-southeast of Feodosiya in Crimea . The accident took place at the time of the combat missile launches during the joint Ukrainian-Russian military air defense exercises. The exercises were held at the Russian-controlled training ground of the 31st Russian Black Sea Fleet Research center on Opuk cape near the city of Kerch (Crimea). Ukraine eventually admitted that it might have caused the crash, probably by an errant S-200 missile fired by its armed forces.

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2001 accidental commercial airliner shootdown incident Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 was a commercial flight shot down by the Ukrainian Air Force over the Black Sea on 4 October 2001, en route from Tel Aviv , Israel, to Novosibirsk , Russia. The aircraft, a Soviet -made Tupolev Tu-154 , carried 66 passengers and 12 crew members. Most of the passengers were Israelis visiting relatives in Russia. There were no survivors. The crash site is about 190 km west-southwest of the Black Sea resort of Sochi , 140 km north of the Turkish coastal town of Fatsa and 350 km south-southeast of Feodosiya in Crimea . The crash was caused by combat-missile launched during joint Ukrainian-Russian military air-defence exercises at the Russian-controlled training ground of the 31st Russian Black Sea Fleet Research center on Cape Opuk near the city of Kerch in Crimea. Ukraine eventually admitted that it might have caused the crash, probably by an errant S-200 missile fired by its armed forces. Ukraine paid $15 million to surviving family members of the 78 victims ($200,000 per victim).

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2001 accidental commercial airliner shootdown incident Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 was a commercial flight shot down by the Ukrainian Air Force over the Black Sea on 4 October 2001, en route from Tel Aviv , Israel, to Novosibirsk , Russia. The aircraft, a Soviet -made Tupolev Tu-154 , carried 66 passengers and 12 crew members. Most of the passengers were Israelis visiting relatives in Russia. There were no survivors. The crash site is about 190 km west-southwest of the Black Sea resort of Sochi , 140 km north of the Turkish coastal town of Fatsa and 350 km south-southeast of Feodosiya in Crimea . The crash was caused by a missile launched during joint Ukrainian-Russian military air-defence exercises at the Russian-controlled training ground of the 31st Russian Black Sea Fleet Research center on Cape Opuk near the city of Kerch in Crimea. Ukraine eventually admitted that it might have caused the crash, probably by an errant S-200 missile fired by its armed forces. Ukraine paid $15 million to surviving family members of the 78 victims ($200,000 per victim).

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