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Families
of the 224 people killed in a plane crash in Egypt are flying to the disaster
site this evening as investigations continue into what caused the disaster.
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All passengers and crew
members on board Metrojet flight 9268 died when it went down in the Sinai
peninsula on Saturday morning just minutes into its journey.
Here
is what we know so far:
What
happened?
The
Airbus A321, operated by Metrojet, took off for St Petersburg from the holiday
resort of Sharm el-Sheikh at 5.58am local time (3.58am GMT) carrying 224
people.
Egyptian
officials said the pilot radioed air traffic control to report technical
difficulties and planned an emergency landing at the nearest airport before
losing contact with air traffic controllers.
The
plane vanished from radar screens at 6.20am it vanished from radar screens
while flying at an altitude of 31,000ft over the mountainous area of Arish.
