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A Russian Metrojet (rebranded in 2012 from Kogalymavia and known as KolAvia) Airbus Industrie A321 EI-ETJ departing Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, at 05:58 local time (03:58 GMT) Saturday, 31 Oct 2015 went down 22 minutes later in the Sinai desert en route to Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg. 217 passengers and 7 crew have been lost. A Russian commission is on its way; the "black box" has been recovered.Bodies are being recovered by the Egyptian authorities.
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Aviation Herald article on 7K 9268 (maps, photos)
BBC (updated) article on 7K 9268
Aviation Safety.net incident summary (link to IAE list of incidents involving same engine). (c/o TheTakeOffRush)
Impact on BA operations is being discussed here.
For those with sufficient posts to access Omni, off topic and political conjecture can be discussed here.
Metrojet 7K 9268 (RU) SSH-LED crashes in Sinai, EG (31 Oct 2015)
Nov 24, 2015, 5:51 am
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It is unfortunate for those seeking the truth in this tragedy that the Egyptian authorities control the black box data.
Dec 14, 2015, 3:15 am
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http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNew...0TX0RA20151214
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt said on Monday it had found no evidence so far of terrorism or other illegal action linked to the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai that killed all 224 people on board on Oct. 31.
Russia and Western governments have said the Airbus A321 operated by Metrojet was likely brought down by a bomb, and the Islamic State militant group said it had smuggled an explosive on board.
But Egypt's civil aviation ministry said it had completed a preliminary report on the crash and said it had so far found no evidence of a criminal act.
"The technical investigative committee has so far not found anything indicating any illegal intervention or terrorist action," the ministry said in a statement.
The crash hit Egypt's tourism industry, a cornerstone of the economy. The plane took off from Sharm al-Sheikh, a Red Sea resort popular with Russian and British holiday makers.
It raised serious questions about airport security with Russia and Britain both suspending flights into Sharm al-Sheikh.
Egypt is facing a two-year Islamist insurgency in the Sinai that killed hundreds of soldiers and police. Islamic State said the bombing was in response to Russian air strikes in Syria.
(Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein and Lin Noueihed; Writing by Ahmed Aboulenein)
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt said on Monday it had found no evidence so far of terrorism or other illegal action linked to the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai that killed all 224 people on board on Oct. 31.
Russia and Western governments have said the Airbus A321 operated by Metrojet was likely brought down by a bomb, and the Islamic State militant group said it had smuggled an explosive on board.
But Egypt's civil aviation ministry said it had completed a preliminary report on the crash and said it had so far found no evidence of a criminal act.
"The technical investigative committee has so far not found anything indicating any illegal intervention or terrorist action," the ministry said in a statement.
The crash hit Egypt's tourism industry, a cornerstone of the economy. The plane took off from Sharm al-Sheikh, a Red Sea resort popular with Russian and British holiday makers.
It raised serious questions about airport security with Russia and Britain both suspending flights into Sharm al-Sheikh.
Egypt is facing a two-year Islamist insurgency in the Sinai that killed hundreds of soldiers and police. Islamic State said the bombing was in response to Russian air strikes in Syria.
(Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein and Lin Noueihed; Writing by Ahmed Aboulenein)
Dec 14, 2015, 8:13 am
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Dec 14, 2015, 8:48 am
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Given there is a rather widely held belief that explosives brought down this plane, where are the traces of the explosives -- on the recovered bodies and/or the on the recovered plane pieces? What kind of explosives, if any, were detected when swabbing the bodies and plane pieces for explosives?
The bodies/body parts get repatriated (mostly to Russia) -- and I had assumed that was already largely done. And the plane parts, when do they get repatriated?
The bodies/body parts get repatriated (mostly to Russia) -- and I had assumed that was already largely done. And the plane parts, when do they get repatriated?
Dec 14, 2015, 6:27 pm
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Reuters is reporting this morning from "unidentified sources" that an EgyptAir mechanic, two policemen, and a baggage handler have been detained for further questioning. In keeping with their desire to avoid any discussion of a terrorist act, airline and security officials are denying it.