Egyptian air traffic control lost contact with the Airbus A-321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia, shortly after it took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to head to Russia, aviation sources told Reuters news agency.
The sources said the passenger plane was mainly carrying Russian tourists.
Egyptian military planes spotted the wreckage of the plane, the government said.
"Military planes have discovered the wreckage of the plane... in a mountainous area, and 45 ambulances have been directed to the site to evacuate dead and wounded," a cabinet statement said.
The plane was at an altitude of 31,000 feet when it vanished from radar screens, the civilian aviation ministry said in a statement.
Local Egyptian media had first reported the plane had crashed in Sinai, a claim later confirmed by the PM.
A Russian aviation authority source confirmed that radar contact was lost with the passenger jet, according to RIA news agency.
The source said the aircraft is an Airbus A-321 operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia and that it was carrying 224 passengers and crew, including 17 children. The source added that radar contact was lost in Cyprus' airspace.
There was no immediate word on casualties. Egyptian security sources said there was no indication that the plane had been shot down. Islamist militants are active in parts of Sinai.
Sergei Isvolsky, a spokesman for Russian aviation authority Rosaviatia, told Interfax news agency that the plane took off from Sharm el-Sheikh at 6:51 a.m.(0351 GMT) and ground contact with it was lost with it about 25 minutes later.
alarabiya.net [With Reuters and AFP]
31/10/15
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