Airline Points To 'External' Cause Of Sinai Passenger Crash

November 02 2015

Egypt

An "external factor" may be responsible for the crash of a Russian passenger aircraft in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula, says a top airline official cited by the Guardian (U.K.).

On Saturday, a Russian Airbus 321 heading from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg crashed in Sinai, killing all 224 aboard.

Alexander Smirnov, the deputy director of Russia's Kohalymavia airline, said during a press conference on Sunday that technical faults and pilot error...

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