A couple embraces next to a flight information board at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Saturday. ReutersUpdated on October 31 at 1:52 p.m. A Russian passenger plane carrying 224 people crashed Saturday morning in a remote area of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian officials said. There were no survivors, the Russian embassy in Cairo said on its Twitter account. The passengers were 138 women, 62 men, and 17 children, according to the Associated Press. There were seven crew members. All the passengers were Russian except for three, who were Ukrainian. The commercial plane, operated by Russian airline Metrojet, was …read more
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