BREAKING NEWS: airliner missing within Egyptian FIR
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BREAKING NEWS: airliner missing within Egyptian FIR
Egypt loses contact with passenger plane over Sinai
Egyptian air traffic control lost contact with a civilian airliner carrying 212 people shortly after it took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to head to Russia, aviation sources said on Saturday.
The sources said the passenger plane was mainly carrying Russian tourists and that a search was underway.
Security sources in the Sinai Peninsula confirmed reports that an aircraft was missing.
(Writing by Lin Noueihed; editing by Susan Thoms)
Egyptian air traffic control lost contact with a civilian airliner carrying 212 people shortly after it took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to head to Russia, aviation sources said on Saturday.
The sources said the passenger plane was mainly carrying Russian tourists and that a search was underway.
Security sources in the Sinai Peninsula confirmed reports that an aircraft was missing.
(Writing by Lin Noueihed; editing by Susan Thoms)
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Egypt loses contact with passenger plane over Sinai: sources | Reuters
Aljazeera saying situation not clear, conflicting report from Egyptian ATC.
Aljazeera saying situation not clear, conflicting report from Egyptian ATC.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
By Staff writer Al Arabiya NewsSaturday, 31 October 2015
A Russian civilian plane carrying 224 people crashed in Sinai on Saturday, the Egyptian Prime Minister said, amid earlier conflicting reports that the plane was safely continuing its journey.
Egyptian air traffic control lost contact with the Airbus A-321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia, shortly after it took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to head to Russia, aviation sources told Reuters news agency.
The sources said the passenger plane was mainly carrying Russian tourists.
Security sources in the Sinai Peninsula confirmed reports that an aircraft was missing. But in a conflicting statement, Egypt's air accident chief had said that the missing passenger plane on its way to Russia had safely left Egyptian airspace and made contact with Turkish air traffic control.
"The ... Russian airline had told us that the Russian plane we lost contact with is safe and that it has contacted Turkish air traffic control and is passing through Turkish skies now," Ayman al-Muqaddam, the head of the central air traffic accident authority in Egypt, said in a statement.
But local Egyptian media reported the plane had crashed in Sinai, a claim later confirmed by the PM.
A Russian aviation authority source confirmed that radar contact was lost with the passenger jet, according to RIA news agency.
The source said the aircraft is an Airbus A-321 operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia and that it was carrying 224 passengers and crew. The source added that radar contact was lost in Cyprus' airspace.
[With Reuters]
Last Update: Saturday, 31 October 2015 KSA 10:54 - GMT 07:54
A Russian civilian plane carrying 224 people crashed in Sinai on Saturday, the Egyptian Prime Minister said, amid earlier conflicting reports that the plane was safely continuing its journey.
Egyptian air traffic control lost contact with the Airbus A-321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia, shortly after it took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to head to Russia, aviation sources told Reuters news agency.
The sources said the passenger plane was mainly carrying Russian tourists.
Security sources in the Sinai Peninsula confirmed reports that an aircraft was missing. But in a conflicting statement, Egypt's air accident chief had said that the missing passenger plane on its way to Russia had safely left Egyptian airspace and made contact with Turkish air traffic control.
"The ... Russian airline had told us that the Russian plane we lost contact with is safe and that it has contacted Turkish air traffic control and is passing through Turkish skies now," Ayman al-Muqaddam, the head of the central air traffic accident authority in Egypt, said in a statement.
But local Egyptian media reported the plane had crashed in Sinai, a claim later confirmed by the PM.
A Russian aviation authority source confirmed that radar contact was lost with the passenger jet, according to RIA news agency.
The source said the aircraft is an Airbus A-321 operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia and that it was carrying 224 passengers and crew. The source added that radar contact was lost in Cyprus' airspace.
[With Reuters]
Last Update: Saturday, 31 October 2015 KSA 10:54 - GMT 07:54
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intitial report said :'Shortly after take off " would indicate a low altitude. But if Flight radar is to be trusted, it shows the "problem" occurring a FL330 followed by an extremely fast descent ...last reply FL280 .
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Oh boy, yes... This could turn very ugly..
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ISIS /al Qaeda lookalikes are running the show in the Sinai Peninsula.
If it is shot down by them, we are in for a rough ride....
If it is shot down by them, we are in for a rough ride....
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"The source said the aircraft is an Airbus A-321 operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia and that it was carrying 224 passengers and crew. The source added that radar contact was lost in Cyprus' airspace."
No part of the Nicosia FIR is over the Sainai
No part of the Nicosia FIR is over the Sainai
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RT is reporting a source telling that the plane wanted to divert to Cairo
"A source at Sharm El-Sheikh Airport told RIA Novosti the pilot of the missing plane requested a change of course, saying the jet would have to land in Cairo."
does not sound like a missile to me....
does not sound like a missile to me....
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The source added that radar contact was lost in Cyprus' airspace."
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Am from Egypt
Guys it my first post but I've always been reading the forums. I am from Egypt and I confirm that search and rescue team has been dispatched to the area and in search for it.
