Russian Airliner carrying over 217 passengers has crashed in central Sinai of Egypt.

ussian Airliner carrying over 217 passengers has

crashed in central Sinai of Egypt Killing 224 Passengers On-board

Russian Airliner carrying over 217 passengers has crashed in central Sinai of Egypt. The Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsiya said in a statement that flight 7K 9268 left Sharm el-Sheikh at 06:51 Moscow time (03:51 GMT) and had been due into St Petersburgs Pulkovo airport at 12:10.  The authority added that the airline was disappeared after 20 minutes it took off from radar screens when travelling at 9,500m (31,000ft) because of wreckage of the plane. Most of the passengers traveling in the plane are likely to have died. A centre to help relatives of the passengers has been set up at Pulkovo airport. Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif Ismail said that he had formed a crisis committee to deal with the crash. Media too reports that at least 40 ambulances have been sent to the scene. Live flight tracking service Flight Radar 24s Mikail Robertson told that the plane was started to drop very fast losing 1,500m in one minute before the coverage was lost. Rescue teams have found at least 120 bodies in Egypts Sinai Peninsula where a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed on Saturday, a security source told Xinhua. The rescue teams are still searching for survivors and have transferred bodies of the victims to hospitals in Cairo by military planes, the source said. Most of the people on board are probably dead, a police officer at the scene told Xinhua by phone on condition of anonymity. The harrowing photos were released by the office of Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif Ismail, who visited the crash site in the Sinai Peninsula. They show the destroyed interior of the Irish-owned aircraft, which split apart upon impact, killing 200 adults, 17 children and seven crew members