Russian passenger plane crashes with 224 onboard in central Sinai
A Russian airliner crashed on Saturday in Egypt\'s restive Sinai Peninsula, the office of the prime minister said in a statement.
A Russian airliner crashed on Saturday in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula, the office of the prime minister said in a statement.
A "Russian civilian plane... crashed in the central Sinai," the office of Prime Minister Sharif Ismail said in a statement.
A senior aviation official said it was a charter flight operated by a Russian company and had on board 217 passengers and seven crew members. Communication with the aircraft was lost, he added.
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