A Russian plane carrying over 220 people has been lost from
radars, according to sources in the Russian and Egyptian air traffic
controllers. It's been reported that the plane crashed over Sinai.
Egyptian Prime Minister
Sherif Ismail confirmed that the Russian plane did go missing over Sinai
and said a cabinet-level crisis committee has been formed to deal with
the incident.
Earlier, the Egyptian air accident chief said the Russian plane had safely left Egyptian airspace and made contact with Turkish air traffic control.
Kolavia Flight 7K9268, an Airbus A320, went off radar 23 minutes after taking off the Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport, Sergey Izvolskiy told the media citing preliminary data.
The plane was carrying 212 passengers and 7 crew members on board, he added.
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