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Russian plane broke apart 'in the air': Russian aviation official

Published: 01 Nov 2015 - 05:45 pm | Last Updated: 16 Nov 2021 - 09:15 pm
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Moscow: The Russian Airbus that crashed in Egypt broke apart "in the air," a senior official with Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee said Sunday.

"The disintegration happened in the air and the fragments are strewn over a large area," committee chief Viktor Sorochenko was quoted as saying by RIA-Novosti news agency in Cairo, where he is part of an international panel of experts from Russia, Egypt, France and Ireland.

AFP