A Russian Jetliner
crashes in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. The cause of it is still unknown but most
likely would be a technical Failure. Russian's state media reported that many
of the passenger were reported to include 17 Children.
The plane had departed
the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, near the southern tip of the Sinai, on a
flight to St. Petersburg, Russia. The plane vanished from radar 23 minutes into
the flight, at 6:20 a.m. local time.
Egypt has been battling
insurgents in the Sinai who are aligned with the terrorist group ISIS. But it
is not known that that this played any role in the crash.
Weather apparently no
factor;because
Among the significant,
if very preliminary, pieces of information to emerge Saturday were these:
• The plane was flying
at 31,000 feet when it disappeared from radar screens, the Egyptian civil
aviation ministry said.
• Russia 24, a
state-owned news channel, and other Russian media outlets are saying the pilot
reported technical problems and requested a landing at the nearest airport
before the plane went missing. Officials have not corroborated those reports.
• Russia 24 also quotes
the FlightRadar 24 website as saying the plane was descending at a rate of
1,800 meters per minute, or 67 mph, before radar contact was lost.
• Weather in the area
was clear
• The plane, Kogalymavia
Flight 9268, was an Airbus 321, Russian state media reported. The airline is
commonly known as Metrojet.
The site of the crash is
reported to be mountainous. Still, Egyptian rescue crews made their way there,
and officials said 15 bodies were being flown to Cairo, the Egyptian capital.
SOURCE:CNN
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