VLADIVOSTOK, November 14 (RIA Novosti) - A search for the wreckage of a Russian military Tu-142 plane that crashed last Friday to the surface in the Tatar Strait, was suspended due to bad weather, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Saturday.

A search team member said that the recovery operation could resume on Monday, as soon as weather conditions improve.

Eleven people were on board the Pacific Fleet plane that went down during a combat training flight last Friday some 20 kilometers (12 miles) off the Tatar Strait, which separates mainland Russia from the Far East island of Sakhalin.

The remains of the plane were located the following day by several ships and planes at a depth of about 44 meters (144 feet). Fragments of human bodies have also been discovered. They will undergo a forensic medical examination.

According to preliminary data, the crash was caused by a technical failure.