Kogalymavia A321 flight number 9268 was reported crashing down 23 minutes after took off at Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, Egypt headed to St. Petersburg, Russia. There were 217 passengers and 7 crew on-board, the death toll of 224 people. The flight 9268 is one of the deadliest aircraft crash in Egypt at once the deadliest aircraft accident involving Airbus A321 series ever.
The authority of Egypt said that 214 of them were Russians and another three were Ukrainian. The crashed site located around Sinai Peninsula, near Al-Irish City. Also the authority said that the aircraft was reported technical problems and requested for re-routing the flight, after that the aircraft completely lost contact.
Kogalymavia airline, headquartered in Kogalym, Tyulem, Russia. The airline has operating name Metrojet, so whole fleet have Metrojet livery, not Kogalymavia. Airline's main business is international charter services, most of them are leisure destinations. These were what happened in a flight 9268, hundreds of Russian have some vacations in Egypt and getting back to Russia. Kogalymavia operating six Airbus A321s and another 20 A321s on list order as well as two Bombardier Challenger 850s for VIP charter aircraft, the data taken per October 2015.
After two days, Kogalymavia crash has blamed for any external influence. This statement released by senior airline official while black box investigations has yet to give any conclusions. At the same time, head of Russia's Federal Aviation Agency told that it was very premature and too early to speculate any cause of the crash. Below picture shown us the Kogalymavia A321 debris at main crash site. Some debris flown away to more than 9 miles from the main crash site.
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