Metrojet Flight 9268
Metrojet Flight 9268 (KGL 9268/7K9268) was an international chartered passenger flight. On 31 October 2015, it left Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt flying to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1] The plane exploded mid-flight due to a bomb and crashed in the Sinai desert 23 minutes after taking-off, killing all 217 passengers and 7 crew members aboard.[2]
 EI-ETJ, the aircraft involved, seen in June 2015 | |
| Bombing summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 31 October 2015 |
| Summary | Terrorist bombing by Islamic State's Sinai Branch |
| Place | Near Housna, North Sinai Governorate, Egypt 30°10′9″N 34°10′22″E / 30.16917°N 34.17278°ECoordinates: 30°10′9″N 34°10′22″E / 30.16917°N 34.17278°E |
| Passengers | 217 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 224 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A321-231 |
| Airline/user | Metrojet |
| Registration | EI-ETJ |
| Flew from | Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt |
| Flying to | Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
It reached an altitude of 31,000 ft (9,400 m) when it disappeared from radar.[2] As well as the crew, 214 of those aboard were Russian. The remaining three were Ukrainian, mostly tourists.
The crash became the deadliest aviation accident in Egyptian history.[3]
Passengers and crew
| People on board by nationality[4][5][6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Passengers | Crew | Total |
| Russia | 212 | 7 | 219 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 217 | 7 | 224 |
Flight 9268 was carrying 217 passengers, of which 25 were children, plus seven crew members.[7][8] The captain of the flight was 47-year-old Valery Yurievich Nemov and the first officer was Sergei Stanislavovich Trukhachev.[9] According to the airline, captain Nemov had amassed more than 12,000 hours of flight time, including 3,800 hours on this aircraft type. First officer Trukhachev had 5,641 hours of flight time, including more than 1,300 hours on the aircraft type.[10]
Metrojet Flight 9268 Media
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The wreckage of Flight 9268
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References
- ↑ Sinai plane crash: No survivors on Russian airliner KGL9268 (31 October 2013)BBC News. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 What happened to Flight KGL-9268. Sky News (31 October 2015). Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ 224 People AboardThe Telegraph. Retrieved Oct 31, 2015.
- ↑ Russian plane crash in Egypt: It's too early to determine cause, officials say (3 November 2015)CNN.
- ↑ Все формы предполетного технического обслуживания выполнены своевременно и в полном объеме (in ru) (31 October 2015)Kommersant. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ По предварительным данным Посольства в Египте, среди погибших при катастрофе российского авиалайнера один гражданин Беларуси (in be) (31 October 2015)Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ No Title (in ru)Russian Emergencies Ministry. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ↑ Fantz, Ashley. Russian plane victims: 'It's a horror ... to lose so many children' (3 November 2015)CNN. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ (in Ru). NTV. 14 November 2022. http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/1559378/.
- ↑ Crash: Metrojet A321 over Sinai on Oct 31st 2015, disappeared from radar in climb over Sinai. The Aviation Herald.
