"At 17:55 in the area of search operation a part of TU-154 fuselage side skin with cabin windows - its size is 3.5 metres by 4.5 metres - was lifted and brought ashore. Also other parts were found underwater which now are inspected by divers. One of them has been determined: it is a tailpiece with parts of engine," he said.
Konashenkov also said divers had found one more body. In total 12 bodies have been recovered so far. One body on Monday was identified by relatives in Moscow.
The military plane carrying dozens of Red Army Choir singers, dancers and orchestra members to Syria where they were meant to entertain Russian troops in the run-up to the New Year crashed, killing all 92 people on board.
Nine Russian reporters were also on board as well as military servicemen and Elizaveta Glinka, a prominent member of President Vladimir Putin’s advisory "human rights council."
The jet, a Soviet-era Tupolev plane built in 1983, had been carrying 84 passengers and eight crew members.
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