"The forces and means of search and rescue support of the Southern Military District continue to search for the pilot of the Su-27 fighter in the Black Sea, which crashed on March 25," the agency reports to TASS.

It is clarified that specialists examined about 6 thousand square meters. miles of the surface and underwater surface of the Black Sea.

March 25, it became known that the Su-27, according to preliminary data, crashed in the Black Sea during scheduled flights.

The Rosmorrechflot said that the activity of the beacon was recorded in the Black Sea.

Later, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the information on the beacon signal registered by the search services in the new Su-27 aircraft search area was not confirmed.