Metrojet Airbus A321 Inflight Break-Up Emerges As Likely Scenario

Credit: Metrojet
Two days after the crash of a Metrojet Airbus A321-200 an early focus of the investigation is shifting to why the aircraft apparently broke up in mid-air. Flight 7K9628, an international charter service from Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to St. Petersburg, Russia had taken off at 5.49 a.m. on Saturday and...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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