The Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone onboard, broke up at high altitude, Russia’s top aviation official said Sunday, according to The Associated Press (AP).
The Metrojet plane, bound for St. Petersburg in Russia, crashed 23 minutes after it took off from Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday morning. The 224 people on board, all Russian except for four Ukrainians and one Belarusian, died.
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