According to the Sun, officials at the scene report that voices of trapped passengers can be heard in a section of the wreckage
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Authorities at the crash site report that bodies are still strapped into their seats – with a huge search and rescue operation launched.
At least 40 ambulances have rushed to the scene.
One officer –
who has not been named – said: “There is another section of the plane
with passengers inside that the rescue team is still trying to enter.
“We hope to find survivors especially after hearing pained voices of people inside.”
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A security officer said: “I now see a tragic scene. A lot of dead on
the ground and many who died whilst strapped to their seats.
“The plane split into two, a small part on the tail end that burned and a larger part that crashed into a rock.
“We have extracted at least 100 bodies and the rest are still inside.”
Relatives
Russia has also declared a day of mourning tomorrow.
A Russian passenger plane has crashed into Sinai in Egypt with 220 lives on board.
According to BBC,Airbus A-321 had just left the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, bound for the Russian city of St Petersburg.
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Wreckage
was found in the Hasana area and bodies removed, along with the plane's
"black box". An official described a "tragic scene".
Flight KGL9268 disappeared when travelling at 9,500m (31,000ft).
Egyptian officials said all the passengers were Russian.
Russian
President Vladimir Putin has ordered an official investigation into the
crash, and for rescue teams to be sent to the crash site.
Metrojet
The airline, based in western Siberia, operates under the name Metrojet.
Russian
authorities say it was carrying 217 passengers, 17 of them children
aged between 2 and 17, and seven crew. Most were tourists.
A center to help relatives of the passengers has been set up at Pulkovo
airport, Tass news agency quoted St Petersburg city officials as saying.
Sudden altitude loss
Initially there were conflicting reports about the fate of the plane, some suggesting it had disappeared over Cyprus.
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The plane was on its way to St Petersburg when it crashed
But the office of Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif
Ismail confirmed in a statement that a "Russian civilian plane...
crashed in the central Sinai".
It added that Mr Ismail had formed a crisis committee to deal with the crash.
Media reports say at least 50 ambulances have been sent to the scene.
Access to the area is strictly controlled by the military and the terrain is difficult, correspondents say.
One official told Reuters news agency that at least 100 bodies had been found.
"I now see a tragic scene," the official said. "A lot of dead on the ground and many died whilst strapped to their seats."
The plane split in two, with one part burning up and the other crashing into a rock, he added.
The
Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsiya said in a statement that flight
KGL9268 left Sharm el-Sheikh at 06:51 Moscow time (03:51 GMT) and had
been due into St Petersburg's Pulkovo airport at 12:10.
The
authority added that the aircraft failed to make scheduled contact with
Cyprus air traffic control 23 minutes after take-off and disappeared
from the radar.
Egypt's civilian aviation ministry said the plane had been at an altitude of 9,500m (31,000ft) when it disappeared.
Live flight tracking service Flight Radar 24's Mikail Robertson confirmed the altitude.
He told the BBC that the plane started to drop very fast, losing 1,500m in one minute before coverage was lost.
Aviation
official Ayman al-Mukadem said the pilot had reported technical
difficulties before the plane went missing, the Associated Press
reported.
Philippine Icon,Manny Pacquiao is set to hang up his boxing gloves after his April 9th bout.
According to Espn,the boxer will retire to a life of politics in his home country.The Announcement was made by top rank promoter Bob Arum after he had dinner with Pacquiao in New York last week to discuss the boxers final fight.
Pacquiao is currently a congressman for his Sarangani province but plans to run for one of the 24 national seats.
According to The Sun,Celebrity Biographer Randy Taraborelli alleges in his new book: Becoming Beyonce:The Untold Story,the super couple split in 2005 for a year because of rumours involving Jay Z's protégé Rihanna.
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The writer makes no suggestion that anything inappropriate took place between Jay Z and the bajan singer.
However he claims the speculation almost ended Beyonce and Jay Z split.Speaking on US tv this week,he stated Beyonce didn't know what to make of it hence they spent almost a year apart.
Rihanna
He further claims Jay Z and Rihanna's "affair" was all a publicity stunt planted by publicist Jonathan Hay at Roc Nation in order to launch the then teen's career.
He also said the only reason Jay Z didn't get upset at Jonathan is because the stunt actually worked and skyrocked Riri's debut Pon de replay on charts all over the world.
Oh dear! I hope he got his facts right! I sure don't want to be him when I meet Solange(Bey's sister) in the lift.
Ufot Ekong a nigerian student based in Japan,has achieved the highest grades at a Japanese University in over 50years.
According to Huffington Post,Mr Ekong achieved this by solving the 30year old mathematical equation which remained unsolved for 50years in his first semester.
Ufot Ekong
He achieved a first class in Electrical Engineering at Tokai University in Tokyo scoring the best marks since 1965.
The young man currently works for Nissan and has already made an electric car which reaches up to 128kmph.He also owns a clothing store in Japan and paid his way through university himself.
So this has gone viral and I must say the guy sure wins!
A woman has been apologising to her ex boyfriend after cheating on him three year ago.His reply absolutely epic!Her real name is unknown as he replaces it with 'CheatingW***e' on his contact list. Enjoy the exchange below:
She gets mad by now
Wahala
Epic! Lol!
Sean goes by the name Aronaf on social media and he posted the epic replies!
3 School boys have been arrested after beating their female teacher to death with a wooden stick according to the sun.
Police are currently investigating the three students who beat 52 year old Li Guiyun to death with a stick,dragged her to the bathroom and stuffed stuffed cloth in her mouth.They have also been accused of stealing her phone and several hundreds of pounds.
The boys have been identified as 13year old liu,12 year old Zhao and 11year old Sun.
Like seriously kids of nowadays need to put it serious check on it!
According to leadership news,there was jubilation in some parts of Nigeria yesterday following the ruling of the Akwa Ibom governorship tribunal.
In its ruling,the tribunal headed by Justice Sadiq Umar ordered a re-run of the election in 18 out of 31 local government areas in Akwa Ibom state.
The APC governorship candidate Umana Umana had approached the tribunal challenging the conduct of elections and declaration of Udom Emmanuel as the governor of the state.
According to Aljazeera,Ahmed the teenage clockmaker who got arrested after taking his homemade clock to school has accepted a scholarship offer in Doha,Qatar.
His parents released a statement on tuesday with regards to the scholarship acceptance.
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