Russian Plane with 224 aboard crashes in Egypt's Sinai

Russian Plane with 224 aboard crashes in Egypt's Sinai

By Yusri Mohammed and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan

ISMAILIA, Egypt/CAIRO (Reuters) - A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday, and a security officer at the scene said most passengers appeared to have been killed.

 Shortly after he went dawn deserted mountainous area in central Sinai down Metrojet under the brand operated by Russian airlines company Kogalymavia Airbus A321 that name, to St. Petersburg in Russia, Sinai and the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh was flying, said the Ministry of Aviation.
Official at the Swedish tracking service aviation and aircraft, said it seems, which makes the smooth take off after a short time from approaching cruising altitude in rapid decline ataxia.
He said, "I see the tragic scene," an Egyptian security official at the scene told Reuters by telephone. "Tied to their seats, while died, and many of the dead on the ground a lot.
"The plane burned a small portion at the end of the tail and crashed into a rock on which a large part was divided into two parts. We have at least 100 bodies are still inside and rest," said the official, who requested anonymity,.

 Hundreds of soldiers and police were killed in the Egyptian Sinai also attacked Western targets in recent months, which is the scene of a rebellion Islamist militants throughout the state.
Russia, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, September 30, including air raids against the Islamic state opposition groups in Syria.

Civil Aviation Minister Mohamed Hossam Kamal, it is too early to determine the cause of the accident was telling the newspaper quoted a cabinet statement. Security sources said the Airbus down and killed or blown up, there was no sign.
Phone is ringing
The Tourism Ministry said Egyptian Prime Minister Ismail Sharif, 35 km (22 miles) to the south on a private jet with a number of ministers bordering the Mediterranean Sea coastal city of El Arish in the Sinai in good and go to the crash site.

 Russian television showed the St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport to wait for information about the film worried relatives and friends. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a national day of mourning for Sunday.
A321 in operation all over the world, and good safety record, with more than 1,100 since 1994, a 185-seat medium-haul jet service. Pilots flying to help stay within the limits of relying on highly automated aircraft computer.
Saturday's crash of Flight Safety Foundation, according to the data relating to this version of the 320 airplane family is the second fatal accident.
There was no independent information on the incident and ensure that Airbus declined to comment.
Emergency services and aviation experts began that can quickly identify the cause of damage to any pattern inspection of the wreckage. It has been found on one of the two flight recorders quickly, but and scattering debris over a wide area.
He said security officials found 120 bodies intact.
"We are probably related to the victims, and the security forces are to collect them and put them in the bag ringing phones and heard a lot of," he said.
She said the plane 5:51 Cairo time (0351 GMT) and 23 minutes later flew disappeared from radar Egyptian Civil Aviation Ministry screens in a statement. It disappeared from the radar screen when it was 31,000 feet (9,400 meters) in length.
Accidents cruising altitude, according to Boeing, 13 percent of fatal events, but since 2005, accounting for 27 percent of deaths, but also the most fatal accidents is one of the rarest categories.

Lost signal to air traffic control before Flightradar24, an official in Sweden, according to flight tracking service, the plane about 6,000 per minute (2,000 meters) feet descended quickly.
Russian news agency RIA said, citing sources in Sharm el-Sheikh, "the pilot contact the sender and broken connections, followed by changing the way and request landing at Cairo airport, reported technical problems."

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(Ihab Farouk participated in the coverage; Writing by Michael Georgy; editing by Ralph Bolton)