10-31-2015, 01:15 PM
^ It's unclear to me if the debris found on Reunion Island definitely included parts of MH370 -- conflicting reports.
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Today, a Russian passenger plane crashed in Egypt.
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The aircraft vanished from radar screens 23 minutes after taking off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and was en-route to St Petersburg. Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered his own team of investigators to the crash scene to determine what happened to the Irish-registered jet which was leased to a small Russian airline.
Wreckage was found in the Hasana area and bodies removed, along with the plane's "black box". An official described a "tragic scene" with bodies of victims still strapped to seats.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for downing the Russian jet killing 224 passengers and crew over the Egyptian Sinai desert. In an attempt to score a propaganda victory from the disaster, a jihadi news service claimed: 'The soldiers of the caliphate succeeded in bringing down a Russian plane in Sinai.'
The Egyptian Air Agency says there is no evidence of a terrorist attack and investigation is underway.
The pilot of the doomed passenger jet was trying to bring the stricken aircraft into el-Arish airport in northern Sinai after radioing that the Airbus A321 was suffering technical difficulties.
Egyptian security forces reported that the jet split into two sections after it struck the ground some 60 miles from the airport. Witnesses claimed that bodies have been spread over a three-mile radius, as pictures of the victims begin to emerge.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34687139
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html
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Today, a Russian passenger plane crashed in Egypt.
The aircraft vanished from radar screens 23 minutes after taking off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and was en-route to St Petersburg. Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered his own team of investigators to the crash scene to determine what happened to the Irish-registered jet which was leased to a small Russian airline.
Wreckage was found in the Hasana area and bodies removed, along with the plane's "black box". An official described a "tragic scene" with bodies of victims still strapped to seats.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for downing the Russian jet killing 224 passengers and crew over the Egyptian Sinai desert. In an attempt to score a propaganda victory from the disaster, a jihadi news service claimed: 'The soldiers of the caliphate succeeded in bringing down a Russian plane in Sinai.'
The Egyptian Air Agency says there is no evidence of a terrorist attack and investigation is underway.
The pilot of the doomed passenger jet was trying to bring the stricken aircraft into el-Arish airport in northern Sinai after radioing that the Airbus A321 was suffering technical difficulties.
Egyptian security forces reported that the jet split into two sections after it struck the ground some 60 miles from the airport. Witnesses claimed that bodies have been spread over a three-mile radius, as pictures of the victims begin to emerge.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34687139
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html