The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia today sent 100 experts to the Sinai Peninsula to help search for the bodies of victims in the crash of a Russian passenger plane, as well as to examine the wreckage.
The Metrojet plane with 224 passengers and crew members crashed in the central part of the Sinai Peninsula 23 minutes after taking off from the airport in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
According to the Russian ministry, emergency teams will cooperate with the Egyptian army in the investigation in Sinai, where the Egyptian government is fighting an Islamist insurgency.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a day of mourning for the death of a passenger due to a plane crash in Sinai.
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