"There are no survivors in Russian plane crash," the authorities confirmed.
According to preliminary information, the aircraft A321 of the airline Kolavia carrying out flight Sharm el-Sheikh - Petersburg crashed on Saturday, October 31, 100km from Arish in North Sinai.
Al Arabiya TV channel said citing Egyptian security services that the airliner was completely destroyed. There were 224 people onboard.
According to the Civil Aviation Ministry of Egypt 3 men, 138 women and 17 children aged from 2 to 17 years were on board of the Russian aircraft that crashed in Egypt.
According to the airport’s administration report, all passengers and crewmembers were Russian citizens.
[tass.ru]
31/10/15
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- A Russian airliner with 224 people on board crashed on Saturday in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian authorities have confirmed.
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Egyptian military and security officials said there were no survivors from among the 217 passengers and seven crew members aboard the aircraft. Most of the bodies recovered so far from the site of the crash were burned, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media...
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