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Bodies of Russian Passenger Plane Victims Brought to St. Petersburg Morgue
The Moscow Times Nov. 02 2015 12:33 Last edited 12:3
Dmitry Lovetsky / Reuters
Russian emergency ministry officers wait to unload the bodies of victims of a Russian airliner, which
crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 2, 2015.
The bodies of 144 people killed in a Russian plane crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday have been flown to St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport, RIA Novosti reported Monday.
A second flight carrying more bodies was expected to arrive Monday evening.
The bodies were brought to St. Petersburg and delivered to the morgue for examination and investigation, the deputy head of the St. Petersburg branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry, Alexei Shupenko, told RIA Novosti.
The Russian plane broke up in mid-air, the head of Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee Viktor Sorochenko said after visiting the crash site, the BBC reported Sunday. He said it was too early to ascertain what caused the crash.
The head of Russia's Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko said that “all signs attest to the fact that the aircraft disintegrated in the air at a high altitude,” the BBC reported.
The Airbus 321 crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday 23 minutes after takeoff. All 217 passengers and seven crew members were killed. Four of the passengers were Ukrainian and one was Belarussian, the BBC reported, while the rest were Russian.
The plane was operated by the Russian airline Kogalymavia, and was flying from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg.
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One Year On, Russia Opposes Tribunal Into MH17 Airplane Tragedy
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http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/bodies-of-russian-passenger-plane-victims-brought-to-st-petersburg-morgue/541479.html
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Russian plane crash: U.S. intel suggests ISIS bomb brought down jet
By Barbara Starr and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
Updated 8:37 PM ET, Wed November 4, 2015 | Video Source: CNN
.. to the end ..
Militant battleground
Sharm el-Sheikh, where Flight 9268 began its journey, is a beach resort dotted with palm trees at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. The plane crashed about 300 kilometers (185 miles) farther north, near a town called Housna, according to Egyptian authorities.
Sinai has been a battleground between ISIS-affiliated militants and Egyptian security forces in recent years. Hundreds have died in the fighting.
The U.S. State Department designated the ISIS Sinai affiliate, originally known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, as a foreign terrorist organization in April 2014. ISIS in Sinai is one of the most active of all the ISIS affiliates and has bomb-making capabilities, according to U.S. intelligence. But if the group did plant a bomb on the plane, it would represent an increase in sophistication.
U.S. officials say ISIS has not proved to be nearly as advanced with bomb-making capabilities as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a group that U.S. national security officials believed were working on nonmetallic bombs to be smuggled onto planes.
"If ISIS really was responsible for this, this will turbocharge their popularity in the global jihadi movement," Cruickshank said.
Russia vs. ISIS
Russia started launching airstrikes in Syria in September, saying it was coordinating with the country's government to target ISIS and other terrorists.
When news of the crash first broke, an ISIS-affiliated group known as Province of Sinai released a statement claiming responsibility for the crash, saying it had perpetrated the attack "in response to Russian airstrikes that killed hundreds of Muslims on Syrian land," according to Reuters. That claim was disputed by officials, who said ISIS couldn't have fired a missile to bring down the plane.
U.S. officials initially said they doubted Russia's claims that it was targeting ISIS in Syria. But Col. Steve Warren, a spokesman for the U.S. military's Operation Inherent Resolve targeting ISIS in Syria and Iraq, said on Wednesday that some Russian airstrikes were hitting ISIS targets in Syria.
"They've done hundreds of airstrikes at this point. I'm not putting out the count anymore, but they conduct airstrikes, but only a fraction of them have been against (ISIS) targets. And when I say fraction, I'm talking ... 10%," he said.
CNN's Pamela Brown, Elise Labott, Holly Yan, Ashley Fantz, Mick Krever, Christiane Amanpour, Eliott C. McLaughlin, Margot Haddad, Salma Abdelaziz, Alla Eschenko,
Ian Lee, Alex Felton, Susannah Cullinane, Sarah Sirgany, Nic Robertson, George Kazarian, Jethro Mullen and Susannah Cullinane contributed to this report.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/04/africa/russian-plane-crash-egypt-sinai/
Another horrible disaster. Much too early to know the cause, of course.
The Moscow Times Nov. 02 2015 12:33 Last edited 12:3
Dmitry Lovetsky / Reuters
Russian emergency ministry officers wait to unload the bodies of victims of a Russian airliner, which
crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 2, 2015.
The bodies of 144 people killed in a Russian plane crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday have been flown to St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport, RIA Novosti reported Monday.
A second flight carrying more bodies was expected to arrive Monday evening.
The bodies were brought to St. Petersburg and delivered to the morgue for examination and investigation, the deputy head of the St. Petersburg branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry, Alexei Shupenko, told RIA Novosti.
The Russian plane broke up in mid-air, the head of Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee Viktor Sorochenko said after visiting the crash site, the BBC reported Sunday. He said it was too early to ascertain what caused the crash.
The head of Russia's Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko said that “all signs attest to the fact that the aircraft disintegrated in the air at a high altitude,” the BBC reported.
The Airbus 321 crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday 23 minutes after takeoff. All 217 passengers and seven crew members were killed. Four of the passengers were Ukrainian and one was Belarussian, the BBC reported, while the rest were Russian.
The plane was operated by the Russian airline Kogalymavia, and was flying from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg.
See also:
Russian Passenger Plane Crashes in Egypt, Killing All On Board
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-passenger-plane-crashes-in-egypt-killing-all-on-board/541361.html
Airline Official Swiftly Amnestied Over Yaroslavl Plane Crash That Killed Hockey Team
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/airline-official-swiftly-amnestied-over-yaroslavl-plane-crash-that-killed-hockey-team/535029.html
One Year On, Russia Opposes Tribunal Into MH17 Airplane Tragedy
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/one-year-on-russia-opposes-tribunal-into-mh17-airplane-tragedy/525780.html
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/bodies-of-russian-passenger-plane-victims-brought-to-st-petersburg-morgue/541479.html
~~~
Russian plane crash: U.S. intel suggests ISIS bomb brought down jet
By Barbara Starr and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
Updated 8:37 PM ET, Wed November 4, 2015 | Video Source: CNN
.. to the end ..
Militant battleground
Sharm el-Sheikh, where Flight 9268 began its journey, is a beach resort dotted with palm trees at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. The plane crashed about 300 kilometers (185 miles) farther north, near a town called Housna, according to Egyptian authorities.
Sinai has been a battleground between ISIS-affiliated militants and Egyptian security forces in recent years. Hundreds have died in the fighting.
The U.S. State Department designated the ISIS Sinai affiliate, originally known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, as a foreign terrorist organization in April 2014. ISIS in Sinai is one of the most active of all the ISIS affiliates and has bomb-making capabilities, according to U.S. intelligence. But if the group did plant a bomb on the plane, it would represent an increase in sophistication.
U.S. officials say ISIS has not proved to be nearly as advanced with bomb-making capabilities as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a group that U.S. national security officials believed were working on nonmetallic bombs to be smuggled onto planes.
"If ISIS really was responsible for this, this will turbocharge their popularity in the global jihadi movement," Cruickshank said.
Russia vs. ISIS
Russia started launching airstrikes in Syria in September, saying it was coordinating with the country's government to target ISIS and other terrorists.
When news of the crash first broke, an ISIS-affiliated group known as Province of Sinai released a statement claiming responsibility for the crash, saying it had perpetrated the attack "in response to Russian airstrikes that killed hundreds of Muslims on Syrian land," according to Reuters. That claim was disputed by officials, who said ISIS couldn't have fired a missile to bring down the plane.
U.S. officials initially said they doubted Russia's claims that it was targeting ISIS in Syria. But Col. Steve Warren, a spokesman for the U.S. military's Operation Inherent Resolve targeting ISIS in Syria and Iraq, said on Wednesday that some Russian airstrikes were hitting ISIS targets in Syria.
"They've done hundreds of airstrikes at this point. I'm not putting out the count anymore, but they conduct airstrikes, but only a fraction of them have been against (ISIS) targets. And when I say fraction, I'm talking ... 10%," he said.
CNN's Pamela Brown, Elise Labott, Holly Yan, Ashley Fantz, Mick Krever, Christiane Amanpour, Eliott C. McLaughlin, Margot Haddad, Salma Abdelaziz, Alla Eschenko,
Ian Lee, Alex Felton, Susannah Cullinane, Sarah Sirgany, Nic Robertson, George Kazarian, Jethro Mullen and Susannah Cullinane contributed to this report.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/04/africa/russian-plane-crash-egypt-sinai/
Another horrible disaster. Much too early to know the cause, of course.
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