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UPDATE Russia opens case for “violation of rules of flights and preparation for them”
UPDATE The FAA gave mandatory repair order for angle of attack indicator on the A321 via MSNBC’s aviation analyst John Cox.
UPDATE Russian passenger jet wreckage found in area where Egyptian forces are fighting an Islamic militant insurgency
UPDATE Aviation expert on MSNBC saying A321 has history of moving rudder/tail without pilot input.
BREAKING At least five children have been found dead at the crash scene of the Russian plane
UPDATE Russian President Putin offers condolences to the families of the plane crash victims on flight 7K9268
UPDATE All passengers on Sinai crash plane were Russians, Egyptian officials say, as President Putin orders investigation
BREAKING Sky News Breaking announces that Officers at the plane crash site say voices of trapped passengers could be heard
BREAKING Egyptian authorities say technical faults caused the plane crash in Sinai, Egypt
UPDATE Egypt’s prime minister and other ministers are flying to the site of the plane crash on a private jet
UPDATE Airbus say they are to release a statement later today on this news of their A321 crash
UPDATE Metrojet A321 departed at 5.51am local time and has disappeared from radar screens 23 minutes after take off, MENA reported.
UPDATE Egyptian Authorities quick to confirm that the plane was “definitely” not shot down
BREAKING The Egypt Ministry of Civil Aviation confirms crash of Russian jetliner in Sinai
UPDATE Egypt officials: 45 ambulances have been sent to Sinai where the crashed jet is located.
BREAKING Reuters News says a rescue team has located the plane in Sinai in Egypt and an officer at scene says the plane is completely destroyed & most on board are likely to have died