Originally Posted by
hawkerjet
Im wondering why they stopped in Sochi? While i dont know the 154 well, wouldnt it have the range to fly to Syria from Moscow ? maybe someone could enlighten me
Being a military flight the route would have been into Syria via Caspian Sea Iran/Iraq. Quite rare for Turkey to allow such overflights unless it is a humanitarian cargo.
This was the route of another Tu-154 from Syria on the 19th December.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/a...-85041#bef9574