Russian passenger aircraft with 220 onboard crashes OCTOBER 31, 2015 | EDIT BLACK BOXES REPORTEDLY FOUND AT PLANE CRASH SITE IN SINAI EI-ETJ is an Airbus A321 that belongs to airline Kogalymavia airline. The flight was traveling from the Egyptian resort to St. Petersburg. It belonged to the Kogalymavia airline, which also uses the brand name Metrojet, an operator popular among Russian tourists going to Egypt. The plane was supposed to contact air traffic in Turkish Cyprus’ Larnaca after leaving Egypt’s airspace, but failed to do so. 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. The source said the crew of the crashed plane had complained to the airport’s technical service that the jet had engine problems.Russian plane carrying over 220 people from Egypt to Russia disappeared from radars, and crashed in central Sinai, according to ...
