Armenian Foreign Ministry to determine if there were Armenians on Russian plane that crashed in Egypt
Armenian Foreign Ministry got into contact with the Armenian embassies in Russia and Egypt to determine if there were Armenian citizens on board the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt on Saturday, according to the press service of Armenian Foreign Ministry.
As was reported, a Russian plane carrying more than 200 passengers from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh has crashed in central Sinai with most of those on board feared dead. The plane, which had a tail number of EI-ETJ, lost contact 23 minutes after takeoff while flying at more than 30,000 ft above sea level. Russia’s aviation authority, Rosaviatsiya, said flight 7K9268 had left at 03:51 GMT and was due into St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport at 12:10.