There were no survivors in Saturday's crash of a Russian passenger airliner in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the Russian Embassy in Cairo said on Twitter. There were 224 people on the plane, including 217 passengers and seven crew members.
Russian state media reported that many of the passengers were Russians returning from vacation.
The plane, Kogalymavia Flight 9268, was an Airbus 321, Russian state media report. The airline is commonly known as Metrojet. It had departed the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and was headed to St. Petersburg, Russia.
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