More must be done more than 200 passengers are feared dead after a russian jet crashed in egypt. The agencies say the pilot reported technical problems. The plane took off on saturday, from the egyptian resort. The air because a321 was flying to st. Petersburg in russia, and carrying more than 224 people, including seven crew members. Egypt says the wreckage has been found in the desert. On the border areas in sinai peninsula. Live to moscow, and to rory challands. What is the latest . Hard information is pretty much as you said. We know it was a flight from Sharm El Sheikh to st. Peters bird. 20 meters into the flight it dropped off the radar screens, and it appears the plane came down in a mountainous area in north sinai. It apparently had been trying to reach an alternative airport. The pilot reported difficulties, and the closest airports to the plane as it was at the time, it seems thats where it was trying to get too. There were numerous reports coming out on the ground saying it
More that 200 passengers are feared dead after a russian jet crashed. The pilot reports technical problems and asked to change his route. The plane took off sate from Sharm El Sheikh. The airbus a321 belonging to metro jet airlines was en route to st. Petersburg. It carried 237 and seven crew members, and came down in a mountainous area of central sinai peninsula. Peter sharp is live in moscow. What more do we know. The air came down near an airport in northern sinai. It went off radar 23 minutes after taking off from Sharm El Sheikh as part of a flight to st. Petersburg. There were 274 passengers and crew, including 17 children. The newsagency here reported quoting Russian Aviation experts that before the aircraft went off radar, the pilot reported technical problems, and was asking for advice and directions to the nearest airport. It came down in mountainous regions. Sinai is the home of a 2year long insurgency, with fighters allied to i. S. I. L. Egyptian security made it clear that
Metro plane, flying from a red city resart. It crashed 23 minutes after take off. All 224 people on board were killed, including 25 children. Investigators are trying to final out what caused the carn, and air france and lufthansa decided to avoid flying over the peninsula as a precaution. Peter sharp talked to anxious relatives in st. Petersburg. What remained of the charter flight lay strewn in pieces across the desert. Search and rescue needed little time to determine that no one survived the impact. However, up until this point theres no indications that anything could happen. All we can say is that due to the technical difficulties and the team of experts will be act prove or deny this. Translation they told us the landing would be at 11 40. Wi wife, son and daughter. Im waiting for the person they love. People on the Internet Everything would be fine. Stuff the air because a321. 23 minutes after takeoff. It crossed out of cruising altitude, and disappeared from radar. Both the eg