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Victims of Russian Plane Crash to Be Delivered to St. Petersburg Sunday

© REUTERS / Asmaa WaguihPolice open the way for ambulances carrying the bodies of passengers of a Russian airliner which crashed in Sinai, into a morgue in Cairo, Egypt, October 31, 2015
Police open the way for ambulances carrying the bodies of passengers of a Russian airliner which crashed in Sinai, into a morgue in Cairo, Egypt, October 31, 2015 - Sputnik International
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According to the Russian Ministry of Emergencies, first crashed Russian plane victims will be flown from Egypt to St. Petersburg on Sunday.

The Ministry of Emergencies also stated that 25 children were among the passengers of the crushed plane.

"The first plane is expected tomorrow… Each aircraft can deliver up to 80 bodies," — a representative of the Russian Emergencies Ministry HQ said during a briefing in St. Petersburg.

The addresses of all victims’ family members of the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt have been established, the head of Russian Emergencies Ministry's St. Petersburg chief administration said Saturday.

"All the initial lists have been worked out with the [Federal Migration Service] and the addresses of all [family members] have been established," Alexei Anikin said.

A Kogalymavia Airbus A321 passenger airliner, with 217 passengers and seven crew members on board, crashed in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on October 31, 2015, leaving no survivors.

Officials confirmed that 129 bodies and two black boxes from Airbus were found at the site of plane crash.

Earlier, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov denied media reports that Russian Airbus had been hit by an anti-aircraft missile allegedly fired by terrorists.

The Sinai aircrash became the deadliest air accident in the history of Russian aviation, surpassing the 1985 disaster in Uzbekistan, which killed 200 people.

 

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