2nd plane arrives in St Petersburg with bodies from A321 crash

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS. The second EMERCOM plane with bodies from A321 plane crash in Egypt has arrived in St Petersburg.

The second Emergencies Ministry plane withbodies fromA321 plane crash inEgypt has arrived atSt Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport Tuesday. “Armenpress” reports the aforementioned citing Sputnik International.

The first Emergencies Ministry's plane arrived inSt Petersburg onNovember 2. According toinvestigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin, the plane was carrying 130 bodies and over40 body parts.

The parts of the Russian passenger aircraft en route Sharm El-Sheikh to St. Petersburg were found in the center of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Egypt’s military is currently conducting sweeps of the area and search and rescue operations. Earlier, the Prime Minister had cancelled a trip to the governorate of Ismailiya after news of the crash. Egypt’s government has set up an emergency room to manage search and rescue operations.

It was reported earlier that Airbus-321 performing flight Sharm El-Sheikh to St. Petersburg disappeared from radar screens in the morning, on October 31. Russian aviation source informed that the plane was carrying 217 (17 children) passengers and 7 members of the air crew. The plane owned by “Kogalimavia” air company disappeared 23 minutes after it took off.

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