The Russian Airbus that crashed in Egypt broke apart "in the air," a senior official with Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee said Sunday.
"The disintegration happened in the air and the fragments are strewn over a large area," committee chief Viktor Sorochenko was quoted as saying by RIA-Novosti news agency in Cairo, where he is part of an international panel of experts from Russia, Egypt, France and Ireland.
International investigators Sunday began probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board, as rescue workers widened their search for missing victims.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi urged people to await the outcome of the investigation to determine the cause of the crash, after the Islamic State jihadist group claimed it brought down the A-321.
"In such cases, leave it to specialists to determine the cause of the plane crash because it is a subject of an extensive and complicated technical study," state news agency MENA quoted Sisi as telling a gathering of army officers.
At the crash scene in the centre of North Sinai, in the Wadi al-Zolomat area, numerous blackened parts of the plane were scattered, with the smell of burnt metal lingering in the air, an AFP correspondent reported.
There were no bodies visible, but soldiers guarded a dozen black, red and orange bags, apparently suitcases of passengers from flight KGL 9268...........http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/91087-151101-russian-plane-broke-apart-in-the-air-russian-aviation-official
1/11/15
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"The disintegration happened in the air and the fragments are strewn over a large area," committee chief Viktor Sorochenko was quoted as saying by RIA-Novosti news agency in Cairo, where he is part of an international panel of experts from Russia, Egypt, France and Ireland.
International investigators Sunday began probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board, as rescue workers widened their search for missing victims.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi urged people to await the outcome of the investigation to determine the cause of the crash, after the Islamic State jihadist group claimed it brought down the A-321.
"In such cases, leave it to specialists to determine the cause of the plane crash because it is a subject of an extensive and complicated technical study," state news agency MENA quoted Sisi as telling a gathering of army officers.
At the crash scene in the centre of North Sinai, in the Wadi al-Zolomat area, numerous blackened parts of the plane were scattered, with the smell of burnt metal lingering in the air, an AFP correspondent reported.
There were no bodies visible, but soldiers guarded a dozen black, red and orange bags, apparently suitcases of passengers from flight KGL 9268...........http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/91087-151101-russian-plane-broke-apart-in-the-air-russian-aviation-official
1/11/15
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The Airbus A321 was flying from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg in Russia when it went down in a desolate mountainous area of central Sinai soon after daybreak, killing all 224 people on board...........france24.com
L'Airbus russe s'est désintégré en vol..
ReplyDeleteL'Airbus A321 russe qui s'est écrasé samedi matin dans le Sinaï, faisant 224 morts, s'était désintégré en vol, a annoncé le directeur du Comité interétatique de l'aviation (MAK), Viktor Sorotchenko.
"Il est prématuré de faire des conclusions. L'avion s'est désintégré en vol, ses fragments sont dispersés sur près de 20 kilomètres carrés", a indiqué M.Sorotchenko devant les journalistes.
Alexandre Neradko, président de l'Agence fédérale russe des transports aériens (Rosaviatsia), estime aussi que l'avion s'est disloqué à une grande altitude.
Des experts de l'avionneur Airbus se sont rendus au Caire. Ils sont prêts à participer à l'analyse des données boîtes noires, a annoncé à Sputnik le porte-parole d'Airbus, Stefan Schaffrath..........http://sptnkne.ws/Z5N