A321 Crash: 140 Victims’ Bodies Transported to St. Petersburg

A total of 140 bodies and over 100 body parts of the victims of the Russian Airbus A321 crash in Sinai have been delivered to Saint Petersburg, Alexei Smirnov, director of EMERCOM’s National Center for Crisis Situations, said.

"As for today, 140 bodies and over 100 parts of the bodies of those killed in the crash have been moved to Saint Petersburg. The bodies are now being identified. Nine bodies have already been identified," he said during a meeting of the working group in Moscow.

On Saturday, a Russian aircraft carrying 217 passengers and seven crew members crashed in the Sinai Peninsula en route from the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh to Saint Petersburg. All people on board, including 25 children, were confirmed dead by Russian and Egyptian authorities.

The tragedy is the largest civilian aircraft disaster in Russian and Soviet history.