Voices are heard passengers from the wreckage of the plane that crashed in Egypt – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, October 31 – RIA Novosti. Voice passengers heard from the wreckage of the crashed in the central part of the Sinai Peninsula, the Russian aircraft, Reuters reported citing a security service on-site emergency.

“The team of rescuers trying to reach sections of the plane, where there are passengers, we hope to find alive after voice be heard” – said the agency.

Earlier, the Ministry of Civil Aviation of Egypt made the first official statement on the situation with the Russian airliner. According to the document, the aircraft A321 KGL9268 flight took off from Sharm el-Sheikh in St. Petersburg on Saturday at 5.51 am (6.51 MSK). It disappeared from radar 23 minutes after takeoff. On board were 217 passengers and seven crew members.

The administration Sinai earlier specified that the crash of the liner is located in the central part of the Sinai mountains between the districts of El Cantal and El Laksima near the town of Al-Hasna. The source of the official Egyptian news agency MENA security forces said that the bodies of the victims evacuated to nearby hospitals.

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