searched. so voices inside of the wreckage we were reading some of these reports online as well that there might be reports of possible survivors. 40 ambulances heading to that region. what do they know if anything yet about what caused this crash? are they giving you any details about what might have brought this down? so what we know so far is a couple minutes after takeoff, the pilot reported some technical issues and requested a change of route, we also know the office of the prime minister has issued a statement saying that so far there is no reports of the airline being shot down. what you can tell us about the area? give us some insight? many solve our viewers are not familiar at all with scharm el sheikh a resort area along the red sea, tell us about that.
remarkable. hearing now there may be voices coming out of the wreckage and survivors giving some of these families hope this their loved one, at least some of them may be alive. again for us, do we know how many people have been recovered at this point by authorities and taken away? so far they have recovered around 100 bodies that are all being taken to the hospital and the morgue. but, yeah, these are the only reports coming out so far. this sounds like this aircraft essentially crashed in one piece then. it wasn t spread over a very large piece of land then? no. so far what we re hearing, again, is that the airplane split into two parts. so, the wreckage is quite i mean the diameter of the wreckage shouldn t be too big. all right. we appreciate joining us this morning and bringing us the latest from hasna where
the mountains and the militant activity in that region? it s hard to say, really. because, like you correctly mentioned, it s the mountain area, so they will need to use all sources available for them. but there are also some reports of israeli military helping them out, you know, with surveillance, air surveillance to try to locate the different areas of the wreckage. in saint petersburg city officials are saying they set up this area to help out the pass jerusalem families as they wait for information at the airport. what has that been like? have you been speaking with any of the relatives of these passengers? so far what we know is the relatives arrived at the airport. transported by busses to a nearby hotel and are awaiting news from those, you know, the russian authorities and egyptian authorities.
hi, everyone. we are back with a fox news alert. egyptian rescue team have reportedly found the black box belonging to a passenger plane that vanished from the radar and crashed in a remote area of the sinai desert. the aircraft from traveling from egypt to st. petersburg, russia. 224 people on board. including 17 children. the airline is register n. siberia. reports now that up to 100 bodies have been recovered. an investigation into what went wrong is now underway. egyptian aviation official says the pilot called in a technical issue, quote, on board shortly after the plane took off in the red sea resort of scharm el sheikh and wanted to turn back around. egypt s prime minister says the wreckage is in an area where egyptian forces are fighting islamic insurgency there. there is no indication the plane was shot down. joining us now is former pilot and aviation consultant j.p. as it tristani. what was going through the