Russian Passenger Plane With 224 Onboard Crashes Over Sinai, Killing All

A Russian airliner has crashed in the Egypt's Sinai penunsula, killing all 224 people on board. The plane took off  from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and was heading to Russia's St Petersburg. According to Russian sources, it looks like the crash has something to do with technical issues, bbc.co.uk reports.
 
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.  Egyptian recovery team is now at the site of the crash, while a team of Russian aviation experts are said to be on there way.
 
May the souls of the faithful's departed rest in peace, Amen! 

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