RadX Moderator October 31, 2015 Share October 31, 2015 Egypt's Prime Minister says a Russian civilian plane has crashed in central Sinai. The Airbus A-321 was carrying 224 passengers and crew. Confusion remains over where contact was lost with the plane, which was traveling from Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheik to St Petersburg in Russia. AFP reported that it went missing over Sinai, while other sources suggested contact was lost in Cypriot airspace.The plane was carrying 217 passengers - 17 of them children - and seven crew, according to RIA news agency.The jetliner was operated by Russian carrier Kogalymavia - which also trades by the names Kolavia and Metrojet - and most of the passengers were believed to be Russian tourists.The office of Egyptian Prime Minister Ismail Sharif confirmed the crash on Saturday. A cabinet level crisis committee has been formed to deal with the tragedy.Within a few minutes of the announcement of the crash, Egyptian research teams found debris belonging to the plane near al-Arish airport in the Sinai Peninsula, reported the dpa news agency, citing an Egyptian aviation official. Egyptian security sources told Reuters there were no early indications that the plane had been shot down. The news agency quoted a security officer at the scene saying that the plane was completely destroyed. RIP. Wreckage of Russian passenger plane found in Sinai: Egypt govt The wreckage of a Russian passenger plane carrying 224 people on board was spotted in a mountainous area in the Sinai Peninsula. POSTED: 31 Oct 2015 15:20 UPDATED: 31 Oct 2015 17:53 VIDEOS PHOTOS 16 34 1 Email More A A CAIRO: Egyptian military planes have spotted the wreckage of a Russian passenger plane that crashed on Saturday (Oct 31) in the Sinai Peninsula with 224 people on board, the government said. "Military planes have discovered the wreckage of the plane ... in a mountainous area, and 45 ambulances have been directed to the site to evacuate dead and wounded," a cabinet statement said. The Prime Minister's Office said Prime Minister Sherif Ismail had formed a cabinet level crisis committee to deal with the crash. The passenger jet was travelling from the Egyptian resort Sharm el-Sheikh to the Russian city of St Petersburg when it disappeared from radar screens in Cypriot airspace, Russia's RIA news agency reported, citing a Russian aviation authority source. The source said the aircraft was an Airbus A-321 jet operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia. A senior aviation official said the plane was a charter flight carrying 200 adult passengers, 17 children and seven crew members. Communication with the aircraft was lost, he added. Sergei Lzvolsky, an official with the Russian aviation agency Rosaviatsia told Interfax news agency that the plane had departed Egypt's Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh at 5:51am local time (11:51am Singapore Time). He said the aircraft did not make contact as expected with air traffic controllers in Cyprus, and "since then the plane has not made contact and has not appeared on radars". Flight #7K9268 was descending at about 6,000 feet per minute just before signal was lost, according to Flightradar24.com. The Egyptian premier's office said the Prime Minister is expected to meet ministries and authorities to follow up on the Russian plane crash. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vid Hypersonic October 31, 2015 Share October 31, 2015 Too many air crashes... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2BDriver Hypersonic October 31, 2015 Share October 31, 2015 Too many air crashes... Sad to hear such commercial air disaster Ah Jib shot it down to take revenge for MH17 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic October 31, 2015 Share October 31, 2015 Oh my...so many children. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic October 31, 2015 Share October 31, 2015 Haizzzz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear November 1, 2015 Share November 1, 2015 ISIS claimed they were responsible for downing the Russky jet with video evidence: http://shoebat.com/2015/10/31/watch-isis-released-video-showing-russian-airliner-crashing-in-sinai-egypt/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ae-2KoMpds 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic November 1, 2015 Share November 1, 2015 Now got news saying isis claims responsibility. Sounds like retaliation to putin's aggressive syria campaign. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toothiewabbit Supersonic November 1, 2015 Share November 1, 2015 ISIS claimed they were responsible for downing the Russky jet with video evidence: http://shoebat.com/2015/10/31/watch-isis-released-video-showing-russian-airliner-crashing-in-sinai-egypt/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ae-2KoMpds ISIS' beedeos beri HD ones. How come tis one so grainy and low quality? Russian plane downed in Sinai....I have problems supressing the conspiracy theorist in me... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerwoods Turbocharged November 1, 2015 Share November 1, 2015 KNNBCIS 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackyv Turbocharged November 1, 2015 Share November 1, 2015 Rip, And I'm glad I'm not a krisflyer gold member yet... ISIS' beedeos beri HD ones. How come tis one so grainy and low quality? Russian plane downed in Sinai....I have problems supressing the conspiracy theorist in me... Isis so dumb to mess with Russia of all country?..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soya Supersonic November 1, 2015 Share November 1, 2015 Rip, And I'm glad I'm not a krisflyer gold member yet... Errrr.....what's this gotta do w being a KF Gold? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christan Turbocharged November 1, 2015 Share November 1, 2015 ISIS claimed responsibility for the plane crash. Can only say 'Good luck to them'. Puyin will now want to finish them once & for all But sad that ordinary people going about their lives end up paying the price. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator November 1, 2015 Share November 1, 2015 cheap and easy for ISIS to claim they did it if it was just due to technical fault of the plane. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Hypersonic November 1, 2015 Share November 1, 2015 nobody mess with putin.... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackyv Turbocharged November 2, 2015 Share November 2, 2015 Latest news stated the plane most likely disintegrated before crash... Bomb? Explosion?.. Isis involved?.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic November 2, 2015 Share November 2, 2015 Latest news stated the plane most likely disintegrated before crash... Bomb? Explosion?.. Isis involved?.. If really ISIS, waiting to see putin's repsonse. Increase intensity of his syria campaign? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying_genie 6th Gear November 2, 2015 Share November 2, 2015 Unless ISIS planted an explosive device on board, it is quite impossible to determine the airliner. To positively identify and bring down a particular airliner using MANPADS is very difficult. Most (not all) MANPADS are indiscriminate. Laser guided ones are more accurate. Most MANPADS are infra-red guided (heat seeking). What is most scary is that during the Iraq invasion by the US, 4000 MANPADS went missing from the Iraqi arsenal. >10000 went missing from Libya during the uprising. Now, that's scary! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superjonjon 4th Gear November 2, 2015 Share November 2, 2015 Unless ISIS planted an explosive device on board, it is quite impossible to determine the airliner. To positively identify and bring down a particular airliner using MANPADS is very difficult. Most (not all) MANPADS are indiscriminate. Laser guided ones are more accurate. Most MANPADS are infra-red guided (heat seeking). What is most scary is that during the Iraq invasion by the US, 4000 MANPADS went missing from the Iraqi arsenal. >10000 went missing from Libya during the uprising. Now, that's scary! Most MANPADS has a vertical height ceiling of about 20,000 ft. Based on FlightRadar24.com, it was flying around 28,000 ft therefore it would be out of range of most MANPADS. Maybe ISIS is also using FlightRadar24.com to identify which airliner that they are shooting at? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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