Authorized by the Egyptian authorities said that among the passengers of the crashed in the Sinai Peninsula Russian aircraft were three Residents of Ukraine.
according to the press-Secretary of the Egyptian government, Just inside, there were 214 Residents of the Russian Federation and three citizens of Ukraine, RIA " Novosti ".
before the Egyptian government officially assured the finding of the wreckage of the Russian airliner. Flight 9268 began the flight from the refinement of esh-Sheikh to 6. 21 (MSK) and disappeared after 23 minutes. There were 217 passengers and 7 crew members. A source in the security services of Egypt have said before that the Russian plane was completely destroyed, a vast majority of passengers who most likely lost his life. Egyptian rescue teams recovered from the wreckage of the crashed in the Sinai Russian Airbus-321 of the bodies of the first victims of the disaster. Just learned about 100 dead. It was declared that from-under fragments the voices of still living passengers, but as long as to find the survivors failed. Later Authorized the government of Egypt was told that the survivors in the cabin liner no. The Ministry of emergency situations has opened a hotline in connection with the collapse of the liner. The emergencies Ministry also posted a list of passengers on the plane. The investigative Committee of Russia opened on the fact of accident of the plane case under the criminal code according to section " failure of flights and preparation for them ". The President of Russia Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to the relatives of the deceased in the crash. November 1 in the Russian Federation declared a day of mourning for those killed in the crash.

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