Russia increases Metrojet A321 crash search area

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Russia’s Emergency Control Ministry (EMERCOM) has increased the search area in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula from 30 sq km to 40 sq km where Metrojet’s Airbus A321 crashed Oct. 31. According to EMERCOM statement, a team of 76 people is involved in the search process. EMERCOM’s Ilyushin Il 76 aircraft is...
Polina Montag-Girmes

Polina joined the Air Transport World team in 2011, covering Russian and the Commonwealth of Independent States. She studied journalism at Moscow State University and worked as a journalist for Russian business and airline publications since 2000.

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