Crashed Russian plane had 214 Russian passengers, three Ukrainians


  • World
  • Saturday, 31 Oct 2015

CAIRO (Reuters) - A Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday was carrying 214 Russian passengers and three Ukrainians, the Egyptian cabinet said in a statement.

Out of the total 217 passengers, 138 were women, 62 men and 17 were children, the cabinet statement added.

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