On Saturday morning, Kogalymavia airline’s Flight 9268 carrying Russian tourists home aboard an Airbus A321 - en route from the resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh to the Russian second largest city of St. Petersburg - crashed just 30 minutes after taking off. The plane debris were spotted in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, some 100 kilometres of the city of Arish, There were 217 passengers, including 17 children, and seven crew on board. Latest reports said that there were 214 Russian nationals, three Ukrainians and one Belarusian citizen. According to Egypt’s officials, no-one survived.
Sunday is announced a day of mourning in Russia.
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