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Airbus to Provide Technical Support to Speed Up Inquiry Into A321 Crash

© AFP 2023 / Khaled DesoukiDebris 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. International investigators began probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board, as rescue workers widened their search for missing victims.
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. International investigators began probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board, as rescue workers widened their search for missing victims. - Sputnik International
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Airbus will assist the inquiry into the crash of its A-321 model over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula to find out the reasons behind the accident, the company's spokeswoman told Sputnik Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A Russian Kogalymavia Airbus A-321 passenger airliner, with 217 passengers and seven crew members on board, crashed in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on Saturday, leaving no survivors.

"We are now aiming to provide technical support to make the results of the inquiry available as soon as possible," the spokeswoman said.

The Metrojet's Airbus A-321 with registration number EI-ETJ that crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, is seen in this picture taken in Antalya, Turkey September 17, 2015 - Sputnik International
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She added that "until the information on the reasons of the catastrophe is officially published, all other information is a sort of speculation."

At the same time, the International Air Transport Association which represents some 260 airlines worldwide told Sputnik it was hoping to receive verification of what actually happened.

The tragedy has become the biggest civil aviation disaster in Russian and Soviet history.

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