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Debris Shows Kogalymavia A321 Disintegrated at High Altitude

© REUTERS / Mohamed Abd El GhanyMilitary investigators from Egypt and Russia stand near the debris of a Russian airliner at the site of its crash at the Hassana area in Arish city, north Egypt, November 1, 2015
Military investigators from Egypt and Russia stand near the debris of a Russian airliner at the site of its crash at the Hassana area in Arish city, north Egypt, November 1, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) said that the Airbus A321 debris scattered across an “elongated ellipsis” of 3 miles in length across 2.5 miles in width.

Debris belonging to the A321 Russian airliner are seen at the site of the crash in Wadi el-Zolmat, a mountainous area in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on November 1, 2015 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The wreckage of flight 9268 in Egypt suggests that the Russian passenger jet disintegrated at a high altitude, head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) said Sunday.

“All signs indicate that the destruction of the aircraft structure occurred in air at a high altitude,” Alexander Neradko told the Rossiya-24 broadcaster.

Neradko said the Airbus A321 debris scattered across an “elongated ellipsis” of 3 miles in length across 2.5 miles in width.

The Kogalymavia aircraft crashed in the northern Sinai Peninsula early Saturday shortly after takeoff from the Sharm El-Sheikh resort to St. Petersburg.

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