EGYPT, Oct 31 – According to sources in the Russian and Egyptian air traffic controllers, Russian aircraft who carrying over 220 people has been lost from radars. There have been reports the plane crashed over Sinai. Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail also confirmed that the Russian plane did crash in the Sinai.
Earlier, the Egyptian air accident chief said the Russian plane had safely left Egyptian airspace and made contact with Turkish air traffic control. Meanwhile, Russian sources said that Kolavia Flight 7K9268 went off radar 23 minutes after taking off the Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport.
A source in the Russian air traffic controller told Ria Novosti that the plane went missing near Cyprus rather than over Sinai. But some Egyptian media claim the crash site has already been discovered in Egypt. In additional, Egyptian sources also told Reuters that there were 212 people on board when the plane went down, most of them Russian tourists. Russian sources put the number at 224.
