By Don Melvin and Ray Sanchez
November 1, 2015
A Russian passenger plane crashed early Saturday in Egypt 's Sinai Peninsula ,
killing all 224 people aboard, officials said.
Russian
state media reported that many of the 217 passengers on Kogalymavia Flight 9268
were Russians returning from vacation. The passenger manifest included 17
children but Russian officials said there were 25 aboard. There were seven crew
members.
The cause of the crash still is unknown,
but it is most likely due to a technical failure, and there is no evidence of
any terrorist action, Egyptian Airports Co. chief Adel Al-Mahjoob told CNN
Arabic.
The Airbus A321 had a routine check before
flight, showing everything was OK to proceed, Mahjoob said.
The so-called black boxes -- the flight
data recorder and voice data recorder -- have been recovered and transported to
Cairo
"There was nothing abnormal before the
plane crash," he said. "It suddenly disappeared from the radar." Air traffic control recordings did not show
any distress calls, Kamel said.
The plane departed the Red Sea resort of
Sharm el-Sheikh, near the southern tip of the Sinai, on a flight to St. Petersburg , Russia 20 a .m.
local time.
Islamists militants in the Sinai linked to ISIS claimed responsibility for the crash, according to
an online statement.
But Russian Transport Minister Maxim
Sokolov said the claim that terrorists brought down the plane by using an
anti-aircraft missile "cannot be considered reliable," according to
Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
German air carrier Lufthansa and Air France
have decided to insurgent aircraft due to fly over the region.
"We will keep that measure in place as long as we are not sure of the circumstances and the reasons of the Metrojet
crash," Lufthansa spokeswoman Bettina Rittberger said.
Structure of the Lead：
WHEN- November 1, 2015
WHAT-
WHY-
WHERE- Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
HOW- 224 passengers died in the disaster
Key words:
1. manifest 表現
2. routine 常規
3. radar 雷達
4. resort 採取
5. insurgent 叛亂
資料來源: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/31 /middleeast/egypt-plane-crash/
