What happened
On a scheduled weekly flight traveling from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk, an aircraft disappeared from radar tracking at 13:44 local time while cruising at 36,000 feet. The flight was positioned over the Black Sea at the time of the disappearance. No distress signals were transmitted by the crew prior to the loss of contact.
Following the disappearance, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent. The wreckage eventually crashed into the sea approximately 185 km from Adler, where it settled at a depth of 2,000 meters. There were no survivors, as all 78 occupants were killed in the accident.
Findings
Ten days after the incident, the President of Ukraine provided official confirmation regarding the cause of the crash. The investigation concluded that the aircraft was struck by a surface-to-air missile, specifically an S200 type, during the conclusion of military exercises conducted by the Ukrainian Army near Feodosia, south of Crimea.