Egypt Plane Crashes
A general Thread about Plane Crashes in Egypt. What are the statistics for the number of Plane Crashes in Egypt?
Reports: Russian plane carrying more than 200 crashes in Sinai
A Russian plane carrying more than 200 passengers has crashed in Sinai, Egypt, according to multiple media reports. Russia's RIA Novosti reported that the crash was confirmed by the Egyptian prime minister. The flight was traveling from an Egyptian resort to St. Petersburg. Ref. USAToday
There were no survivors in Saturday's crash of a Russian passenger airliner in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the Russian Embassy in Cairo said on Twitter. There were 224 people on the plane, including 217 passengers and seven crew members.
Russian state media reported that many of the passengers were Russians returning from vacation.
The plane, Kogalymavia Flight 9268, was an Airbus 321, Russian state media report. The airline is commonly known as Metrojet. It had departed the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and was headed to St. Petersburg, Russia. Ref. CNN
Russian plane crash: Airline official says disaster in Egypt caused by "An external influence," not by technical fault or human error. Ref. CNN
Satellite Shows Heat Flash When Russian Metrojet Plane Crashed, But No Missile: U.S. Officials:
U.S. Intelligence analysts believe it could have been some kind of explosion on the aircraft itself, either a fuel tank or a bomb, but that there's no indication that a surface-to-air missile brought the plane down. Ref. Source 6d
Reports: Bomb may have brought down Russian jet, U.S. Officials say
The crash of a Russian Metrojet plane Saturday may have been caused by a bomb planted on the airliner by the Islamic State or one of its affiliates, U.S. Officials told CNN and NBC News on Wednesday. Ref. USAToday