224 killed in Russian plane crash in Sinai and has claimed responsibility Daash
224 killed in Russian plane crash in Sinai and has claimed responsibility Daash
Saturday 31-10-2015 | 5:48:08
Twilight News Egyptian security and medical sources / she said that all those who were on board the Russian plane and the number 224 passengers and crew members were killed in a plane crash on Saturday morning in the Sinai peninsula accident.
The plane crashed near the city of Al-Arish, capital of North Sinai Governorate.
The Egyptian authorities said the plane disappeared from radar screens 23 minutes after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport in the neighboring province of South Sinai.
Security sources in North Sinai said initial inspection of the plane shows that mechanical failure caused the accident. A source said that the plane came down vertically, although large parts of it burned.
Egyptian security sources said there was no indication that the plane was shot down in the province in which the active Islamist militants represent a security challenge to the government.
But the militant Islamic group in Egypt linked to al Daash claimed responsibility for shooting down Russian passenger plane.
The announcement of responsibility in a statement released by supporters of the organization on Twitter.
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The statement “soldiers of the Caliphate was able to drop a Russian plane over the mandate of the Sinai carrying more than 220 Crusaders Russia were all killed and praise be to God.”
A Russian official said the passengers included 17 children, although seven crew members. A statement by the Egyptian Cabinet that the number of Russian passengers 214 victims of the accident although there are three passengers from Ukraine. He added that he was on the plane 138 women and 62 men in addition to the children and crew.
The plane was en route from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea to the Russian city of St Petersburg.
And it landed near the international airport outside the city of El Arish, El Arish, the capital of North Sinai.
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