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| Russian passenger jet crashes over Sinai |
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A passenger plane belonging to a small Russian airline, which was flying over 220 people from an Egyptian resort to Saint Petersburg, has vanished from radars over Sinai. Authorities in Egypt have confirmed the plane has crashed.
31 October 2015
09:34 GMT
The notice boards at Pulkovo in Russia have reportedly not shown the arrival details for flight 7K 9269 from Sharm el-Sheikh. The board initially showed an estimated arrival time of 12:20 St. Petersburg time.
09:31 GMT
A state of emergency has allegedly been declared in north Sinai, a source tells RIA Novosti.
09:08 GMT
Russia's Emergencies Ministry is gathering a working group on the suspected crash of the Airbus 320 in Egypt's Sinai.
Three of the ministry's planes are awaiting orders for takeoff.
08:46 GMT
The airliner does appear to have crashed. Egyptian rescue teams report finding debris in southern Arish, in the Sinai, according to the country's aviation authority.
08:40 GMT
Among the passengers were 17 children, according to RIA Novosti.
08:25 GMT
On takeoff, the pilot had sought a change of course and for a landing to be made in Cairo, a Sharm el-Sheikh airport source told RIA Novosti.
08:21 GMT
The Russian Embassy in Egypt has begin its own inquiry. Is says any new information will be reported to the media immediately.
08:21 GMT
Russian aviation sources still can't confirm the whereabouts of the passenger plane, despite earlier reports that the vessel had made contact with Turkish air traffic control, according to TASS.
"Preliminary reports suggest that the Airbus 320, Kogalymavia flight 92-68 from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, set off at 6:51 Moscow time (4:51GMT) and failed to make contact with Larnaka air traffic control in Cyprus at 7:14, when the plane was last seen on radar. There were 212 passengers and seven crew on board," the agency's spokesman Sergey Izvolskiy said.
08:21 GMT
Egyptian aviation authorities now say the Russia-bound plane is safe. After a brief radio silence, the pilot made contact with Turkish air traffic control, and is now believed to be flying in the country's air space.
"The ... Russian airline had told us that the Russian plane we lost contact with is safe and that it has contacted Turkish air traffic control and is passing through Turkish skies now," Ayman al-Muqaddam, the head of the central air traffic accident authority in Egypt, told reporters in a statement
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| Sat Oct 31, 2015 2:27 pm |
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