SAINT PETERSBURG: Flags flew at half-mast in Russia on Sunday as the country mourned its worst air disaster after a jetliner full of Russian tourists crashed in Egypt, killing all 224 on board.
The flight had been bringing holidaymakers back to Saint Petersburg, Russia’s second largest city, when it disappeared off radar screens while over the Sinai peninsula.
“Can you imagine, people came (here) to pick up their children, grandchildren, only to find out that they no longer exist,” said Galina Grigoryeva, 34, one of many people who brought flowers to a makeshift memorial near the arrivals area at Saint Petersburg’s Pulkovo …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
