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Sunday 21 February 2016

Wreckage of Russian passenger plane found in Sinai: Egypt govt



Egyptian military planes have spotted the wreckage of a Russian passenger plane that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula.

CAIRO: Egyptian military planes have spotted the wreckage of a Russian passenger plane that crashed Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula with 224 people on board, the government said.

"Military planes have discovered the wreckage of the plane... in a mountainous area, and 45 ambulances have been directed to the site to evacuate dead and wounded," a cabinet statement said.