A Russian plane has crashed in Sinai(西奈半岛) killing all 224 people on board, Egyptian officials have said. The Airbus A-321 had just left the Red Sea for the Russian city of St Petersburg. Wreckage was found in the Hasana area and bodies removed, along with the plane’s "black box". Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced Sunday a day of mourning. He has ordered an official investigation into the crash. Egyptian officials said all the passengers were Russian. On Saturday afternoon, Islamic State(伊斯兰国家圣战组织) said that they brought down flight KGL9268. But Russian Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov said, "such reports cannot be considered true". A team headed by Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov is to leave for Egypt on Saturday afternoon.
Russia said it was carrying 217 passengers, 138 of them women and 17 children aged between 2 and 17. Most were tourists. The rest were crews on board. Egyptian officials said there were no people alive. One official said that at least 100 bodies had been found, and so far no survivors. The official said. "A lot of dead on the ground and many died to their seats." Flight KGL9268 left Sharm el-Sheikh at 06:51 Moscow time (03:51 GMT) and had been due into St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport at 12:10.
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