A Kogalymavia passenger plane carrying 224 people has crashed in Egypt's Sinai penunsula. The airliner took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik this morning, and was heading for Russia, according to aviation sources, when it disappeared from radar. It's believed the plane was mainly carrying Russian tourists.
The plane was carrying 212 passengers and 7 crew members. 17 of the passengers are children.
Airbus A321 left Sharm-El-Sheikh for St. Petersburg with flight number 7K9268. It belongs to airline Metrojet and was 18.5 years old and was descending with about 6000 feet per minute just before signal was lost. The captain told ATC after departure of a technical fault and requested a route change.
People gather at the airline information desk at of Russian airline Kogalymavia’s desk at Pulkovo airport in St Petersburg Photograph: Dmitry Lovetsky/AP
A woman reacts next to Russian Emergencies Ministry members at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg Photograph: STRINGER/RUSSIA/Reuters
Egyptian authorities have located the black boxes containing flight data of the Russian passenger plane that crashed in the country’s Sinai peninsula, security sources have told Reuters.
A black box records the recent history of sounds in the cockpit, including conversations between pilots, and is intended to give an accurate picture of what happened immediately before any crash or incident, to assist investigators.
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