BREAKING: Russian jet completely destroyed, passengers likely to have died

The Russian crashed plane is completely destroyed and the most of passengers are likely to have died, a security officer told Reuters.

The Egyptian air traffic control lost contact with a civilian airliner – Airbus A321 “Kogalymavia”- carrying 224 people shortly after it took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to head to Russia, aviation sources said on Saturday.

The sources said the passenger plane was mainly carrying Russian tourists and that a search was underway.

Security sources in the Sinai Peninsula confirmed reports that an aircraft was missing.

Source: Reuters