On October 31, the Airbus-321 airliner of Kogalymavia, which operated flight 9268 Sharm el-Sheikh - St. Petersburg, took off from Egypt at 6.21 (MSK) and 23 minutes later. There were 217 passengers and seven crew members on board. The wreckage of the Russian civil aircraft found in the center of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
On August 16, in the Indonesian province of Papua, in a collision with a mountain, an ATR of Trigana Air Service, flying from the provincial capital, Jayapura, to Oksibil Airport. There were 49 passengers and five crew members on board. They all died.
On June 30, a four-engine Hercules C-130B military transport aircraft, manufactured more than half a century ago by the American airline Lockheed, in the southwestern part of the capital of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, about two minutes after takeoff from the Medan air force base "Suwondo" (Soewondo), flying just about five kilometers. Immediately before the crash, the pilot informed the dispatchers about engine problems, the C-130 crashed at the moment when it was turning around to return to base. On board the crashed plane were 122 people, they died. Another 19 people died on the ground.
On March 24, in the south of France in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, an Airbus A320 owned by Germanwings and en route from Barcelona (Spain) to Dusseldorf (Germany). There were 142 passengers and eight crew members on board the airliner. They all died. A record from the discovered black boxes indicates that the crash was the co-pilot, German citizen Andreas Lubitz.
February 4 in Taiwan, an ATR 72 aircraft took off from Taipei Songshan Airport in the direction of the Kinmen Archipelago, Jilong. There were 53 passengers and five crew members on board. Among the passengers were two children. As a result of the incident, 43 people died and 15 were injured. In addition, the wreckage of the plane hit the taxi car, as a result, two more people were injured. According to management civil aviation Taiwan, a few minutes before the crash, the pilot of the plane gave distress signals to controllers, indicating problems with the engine.
On January 26, in Spain, a Greek Air Force aircraft participating in the NATO Tactical Leadership Program, at the time of takeoff, was unable to gain altitude in the area where other aircraft were located. He rammed several of them. As a result of the disaster, 11 people died and 20 were injured.
January 18 in Syria, an army cargo plane near the Abu al-Zuhur airport in the province of Idlib due to bad weather. At least 35 military personnel were killed.
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On December 28, an AirAsia Indonesian airliner flying from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, in the province of Bank Belitung. There were 162 people on board (the vast majority were citizens of Indonesia), all of them died. The Indonesian authorities reported the discovery in the sea off the coast Borneo islands the wreckage of the plane and the bodies of the dead.
On August 10, in Iran, not far from Tehran's Mehrabad airport, a small-seat passenger aircraft of the Iranian modification An-140 of Taban Airlines, flying from Tehran to the Iranian city of Tabas. There were 40 passengers and eight crew members on board. The plane crashed immediately after takeoff from the airport near the highway. During takeoff, the car's engine caught fire, the plane abruptly changed direction and fell apart before falling to the ground. Human.
July 24 McDonnell 83, heading from the capital of Burkina Faso Ouagadougou to Algiers. The flight was carried out by Air Algerie, which leased the aircraft from the Spanish Swiftair. 116 people died. Among possible causes catastrophes are called a terrorist attack and weather conditions - it is known that the plane deviated from the original route due to an impending thunderstorm.
On July 23, an ATR-72 passenger turboprop aircraft operated by TransAsia Airways in Taiwan. The plane unsuccessfully tried to land at the airport of the city of Magong in the Penghu archipelago. The pilots asked for a second landing attempt, after which the aircraft lost contact with air traffic controllers. The plane crashed into the ground in the area locality Khusy. In doing so, he damaged two houses that caught fire. There were 54 passengers and four crew members on board. , 10 injured.
July 17 in the Donetsk region of Ukraine Amsterdam - Kuala Lumpur. There were 298 people on board the liner, all of them died. Kyiv blamed the militias for the crash, but they said they did not have the means to bring down the aircraft at such a height. With calls for a thorough investigation of the tragedy, all the world's major politicians.
On the night of March 8, the Boeing 777-200 aircraft of the airline Malaysia Airlines with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, flying from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to Beijing (China),
On the morning of October 31, 2015, an A-321 aircraft en route from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg crashed on the Sinai Peninsula.
The biggest plane crash in recent years. Airliner, company-owned"Kogalymavia" flew from the Egyptian Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg. It crashed about 30 minutes after it took off.
How many people were on board the plane
There were 224 people on board at the time of the tragedy. Among them were seven members of the aircraft crew, as well as 29 children. Almost all the dead are Russians.
How many children died?
The crash of an Airbus A321 killed 29 children.
The total number of victims in a plane crash in Egypt
When the plane crashed, all passengers and crew members, 224 people, were killed. The bodies of the dead were delivered to St. Petersburg, they will be sent to the city's crematorium for an identification procedure.
Cause of the plane crash: black boxes (video)
The decoding of the black boxes will be carried out in Egypt. The exact cause of the plane crash will be established only after a full examination of the data from the flight recorders.
The causes of the plane crash in Egypt - a terrorist attack. Expert version (Video)
Relatives of those killed in the program on NTV (video)
Relatives of the dead, who lost several close people at once, came to the NTV program.
List of deaths in Egypt 10/31/2015
The crew of the Airbus A321 of KagalymAvia 7K9268:
1. Nemov Valery Yurievich - FAC
2. Trukhachev Sergey Stanislavovich - 2nd pilot
3. Martsevich Valentina Petrovna - Art. flight attendant
4. Andrey Belomestnov - flight attendant
5. Olaru Irina Dmitrievna - flight attendant
6. Sviridov Stanislav Vasilievich - flight attendant
7. Filimonov Alexey Andreevich - flight attendant
The list of passengers of the Airbus A321 aircraft of KagalymAvia 7K9268:
Republic of Karelia
1. Semakov* Alexey Andreevich 10/08/1979
2. Semakova Oksana Alexandrovna 09/23/1975
Arhangelsk region
3. Chernova Alexandra Alekseevna 03/02/1996
Leningrad region
4. Alexey Mikhailovich Gromov 06/01/1988
5. Gromova Tatyana Sergeevna 12/09/1988
6. Gromova Darina Alekseevna 12/26/2014
7. Bogdanov Dmitry Evgenievich 01/27/1969
8. Bogdanov Anton Dmitrievich 10/28/2005
9. Bogdanova Anastasia Dmitrievna 04.10.1993
10. Ivleva Maria Romanova 09/07/2000
11. Grechkina Tatyana Ivanovna 01/20/1952
12. Radlevich Alla Ivanovna 07/02/1959
13. Radlevich Alexander Mikhailovich 01/04/1956
14. Sayapina Natalya Vladimirovna 10/24/1975
15. Sayapin Alexey Viktorovich 09/23/1970
16. Laisheva Nadezhda Alexandrovna 01/17/1991
17. Kuznetsova Natalia Vladimirovna 02/05/1986
18. Pavlova Irina Gennadievna 09/23/1963
19. Mikhailyukova Valentina Stepanovna 03/18/1955
20. Kharitonov Leonid Nikolaevich 04/05/1971
21. Kiselev Anatoly Sergeevich 08/21/1983
22. Khusainova Elena Ruslanovna 01/02/1967
23. Kharitonova Oksana Alekseevna 08/17/1971
24. Kharitonova Anastasia Leonidovna 05.11.2001
25. Sergeeva Elena Vladimirovna 05/29/1953
26. Shurko Natalya Viktorovna 08/29/1971
27. Smirnov Yuri Nikolaevich 09/12/1960
28. Simanova Margarita Arkadievna 04/26/1962
29. Shulginova Olga Viktorovna 10/13/1980
30. Smirnova Irina Leonidovna 04/30/1966
31. Tarasova Larisa Fedorovna 10/23/1954
32. Tarasov Alexander Petrovich 07/19/1953
33. Zueva Marina Sergeevna 02/12/1990
34. Vinogradskaya Evgenia Valerievna 11/26/1986
35. Fedorova Tatyana Aleksandrovna 12/08/1979
36. Dunaeva Nina Nikolaevna 06/08/1953
37. Kim Lyudmila Viktorovna 07/04/1975
38. Alexandrov Alexander Sergeevich 07/11/1976
39. Bashakova Nadezhda Aleksandrovna 11/15/1937
40. Bespalova Galina Nikolaevna 09/16/1949
41. Podlevsky Maria Valentinovna 03/20/1975
42. Kalinina Olga Viktorovna 12/10/1973
43. Ivleva Marina Aleksandrovna 01/10/1971
44. Semenov Alexander Petrovich 05/10/1966
45. Zorkina Anna Valerievna 03/10/1984
46. Zorkina Anna Viktorovna 08/15/1986
Murmansk region
47. Kozlova Lyubov Vladimirovna 07/01/1963
Pskov region
48. Tikhomirov Alexey Nikolaevich 05/22/1981
49. Melnikova Elena Mikhailovna 10/27/1962
50. Pikaleva Irina Georgievna 03/15/1959
51. Vitalieva Alisa Denisovna 02/28/2001
52. Vitalieva Irina Sergeevna 02/05/1978
53. Kozhemyakova Ekaterina Nikolaevna 08/19/1982
54. Kopylov Alexander Mikhailovich
55. Gorbatenko Andrey Yurievich 07/14/1980
56. Murashova Ekaterina Sergeevna 11/05/1983
Novgorod region
57. Smolenkova Tatyana Vladislavovna 04/27/1952
58. Ishchenko Irina Nikolaevna 01/31/1953
59. Galanova Elena Evgenievna 10/23/1972
60. Rostenko Natalia Nikolaevna 01/08/1959
61. Vasilyeva Marina Nikolaevna 09/01/1958
62. Gomechko Lyudmila Nikolaevna 05/25/1958
63. Lushchenko Nina Vasilievna 07/08/1955
64. Mikhailov Igor Gennadievich 08/26/1978
65. Nikolaeva Ekaterina Ivanovna 03/21/1973
66. Yasmenko Tatyana Ivanovna 07/15/1983
67. Osipov Ilya Vladimirovich 02/04/1980
68. Osipov Zakhar Ilyich 05/06/2007
69. Mozgina Lyubov Nikolaevna 12/22/1975
70. Mozgina Alisa Maksimovna 05/14/2014
71. Zamolotova Galina Nikolaevna 01/09/1953
Saint Petersburg
72. Alekseev Alexey Sergeevich 12/07/1983
73. Gerasina Vera Alekseevna 09/16/2009
74. Girin Dmitry Vladimirovich 09/23/1983
75. Glidyaev Denis Nikolaevich 01/17/1982
76. Golenkov Vladimir Lvovich 03/26/1967
77. Kalinina Evgenia Ivanovna 05/05/1951
78. Yatskova Daria Aleksandrovna 09/23/1995
79. Yavsin Evgeny Valerievich 03/02/1994
80. Bogdanova Valeria Sergeevna 11/16/1990
81. Bryulo Evgeny Aleksandrovich 11/21/1966
82. Golenkova Diana Eminovna 09/02/2011
83. Golenkova Victoria Yurievna 07/14/1970
84. Golubeva Nina Valerievna 01/21/1972
85. Dementich Tatyana Viktorovna 05/07/1951
86. Dudchenko Elena Borisovna 11/28/1968
87. Korenko Lyudmila Alekseevna 04/07/1954
88. Kondrashkova Marina Vladimirovna 11/12/1990
89. Gordin Leonid Valerievich 11/27/1986
90. Grigoryeva Daria Yurievna 12/29/1991
91. Grigorieva Ekaterina Sergeevna 07/02/2003
92. Vetlugina Natalya Mikhailovna 04/08/1979
93. Fedorov Fedor Dmitrievich 02/17/2010
94. Dushechkina Valeria Andreevna 05/10/2005
95. Krasnova Yulia Sergeevna 06/15/1992
96. Ogorodova Ksenia Aleksandrovna 02/09/1982
97. Nayok Maxim Sergeevich 04/08/1988
98. Danilenko Nadezhda Eduardovna 04/18/1990
99. Fedorova Elena Vladimirovna 01/07/1975
100. Orleanskaya Irina Andreevna 01/20/1988
101. Orleansky Dmitry Sergeevich 11/27/1984
102. Rodina Elena Nikolaevna 11/01/1980
103. Sagdatullina Natalia Anatolyevna 03/05/1964
104. Sakerina Vlada Andreevna 09/11/1992
105. Sakerin Ilya Aleksandrovich 05/31/1990
106. Salakhbekov Daniyal Magomednabievich 05/16/2001
107. Salahbekova Diana Magomednabievna 03/31/2006
108. Movchanov Vladislav Igorevich 07/29/1984
109. Miller Timur Maratovich 03/22/1982
110. Maksimova Maria Vladimirovna 01/01/1974
111. Maksimov Alexander Dmitrievich 07.10.2000
112. Lapshina Vera Ivanovna 09/01/1946
113. Kurkaedova Irina Vyacheslavovna 10/27/1955
114. Krylova Svetlana Viktorovna 05/06/1985
115. Krotov Alexander Alekseevich 04/12/1979
116. Osipova Natalya Anatolyevna 02/21/1962
117. Panina * Alexandra Petrovna 03/30/1990
118. Panina Tatyana Leonidovna 12/30/1959
119. Pavlova Olga Aleksandrovna 09/24/1973
120. Kovaleva Irina Aleksandrovna 09/02/1967
121. Kononirova Elena Valerievna 01/16/1985
122. Mokievskaya Tatyana Vasilievna 05/23/1988
123. Moiseeva Elena Vladimirovna 04/18/1976
124. Moiseeva Alena Andreevna 08/22/2010
125. Ponomareva Nadezhda Vladimirovna 01/17/1974
126. Pryanikov Evgeny Andreevich 02/03/2004
127. Kurbatova Tatyana Vladimirovna 08/29/1967
128. Kulikova Yulia Vitalievna 01/16/1990
129. Pukhkaeva Elena Anatolyevna 04/26/1963
130. Krylova Kristina Mikhailovna 11/18/2005
131. Krylov Mikhail Yurievich 04.01. 1982
132. Kochkin Anton Yurievich 01/29/1967
133. Khmelevsky Dmitry Valerievich 07/10/1989
134. Saveliev Pavel Vladimirovich 07/06/1975
135. Yavsina Elizaveta Alexandrovna 08/12/1970
136. Illarionova Alexandra Ivanovna 08/14/1987
137. Schiller Daria Viktorovna 07/23/1983
138. Shikhina Ekaterina Valerievna 03/31/1990
139. Sheina Olga Aleksandrovna 05/10/1985
140. Sheina Anastasia Yurievna 03/07/2012
141. Shein Yuri Vyacheslavovich 04/01/1977
142. Sharova Irina Mikhailovna 07/22/1977
143. Sergeeva Sofia Petrovna 03/14/1953
144. Sergeev Gennady Alekseevich 11/03/1955
145. Sergeev Alexey Vladimirovich 03/19/1951
146. Timoshenko Andrey Nikolaevich 05/20/1975
147. Ivanova Iraida Aleksandrovna 05/22/1938
148. Ivanyuk Galina Vladimirovna 12/28/1957
149. Resurrection * Elvira Aleksandrovna 02/08/1987
150. Gavrikov Alexander Viktorovich 01/04/1980
151. Volzhenkova Anna Vladimirovna 05/02/1987
152. Vinnik Alexander Olegovich 02/06/2012
153. Skorodumova Lyudmila Yurievna 09/19/1953
154. Skorodumov Viktor Alexandrovich 08/11/1951
155. Shulginov Kirill Evgenievich 05/04/2012
156. Shulginov Evgeny Vladimirovich 02/08/1979
157. Vinnik Dmitry Olegovich 09/06/2013
158. Smirnova Vera Vasilievna 09/16/1941
159. Vinnik Mariana
160. Terekhina Galina Fedorovna 11/14/1959
161. Zhimalenkov Miron Sergeevich 07/27/2013
162. Zhimalenkova Elena Vladimirovna 02/16/1986
163. Tishinskaya Anna Andreevna 10/02/1988
164. Solovieva Tatyana Mikhailovna 06/10/1957
165. Sologubova Evgenia Aleksandrovna 01/12/1990
166. Sokolova Irina Sergeevna 05/20/1986
167. Vetlugin Alexander Arkadyevich 07/26/1980
168. Gaydamak Alina Nikolaevna 04/30/1988
169. Volkova Yulia Nikolaevna 04/28/1967
170. Volkov Nikolai Nikolaevich 12/12/1982
171. Volyanskaya Ekaterina Valentinovna 07/22/1992
172. Vishnev Artem Napolenovich 10/26/1988
173. Evgrafova Evgenia Andreevna 06/07/1988
174. Fedorkov Mikhail Andreevich 09/07/1988
176. Gerasina Yulia Borisovna 05/29/1973
177. Zhimalenkov Sergey Evgenievich 08/13/1983
178. Gaydamak Elena Vyacheslavovna 06/08/1965
179. Volkova Marina Vladimirovna 11/14/1965
180. Akimov Mikhail Evgenievich 05/30/1973
181. Amosov Andrey Vladimirovich 12/08/1964
182. Anikeeva Margarita Yakovleva 09/14/1949
183. Anisimov Viktor Anatolievich 05/07/1962
184. Pavel Vladimirovich Baglaev 12/12/1960
185. Butkevich Alexander Konstantinovich 08/27/1955
186. Danilova Natalia Sergeevna 08/24/1987
187. Prusakova Svetlana Nikolaevna 12/20/1957
188. Pyatochenko Nelya Vladimirovna 01/20/1963
189. Mnatsakanov Leonid Vartanovich 11/07/1975
190. Statskaya Anastasia Vasilievna 04/27/1992
191. Kantserova Valeria Valerievna 02/21/1983
192. Pilip Alexandra Fedorovna 01/21/1968
193. Pulyanov Roman Anatolyevich 11/13/1985
194. Dobritsa Rimma Askhatovna 08/07/1971
195. Dobrica Andrey Vladimirovich 02/18/1971
196. Sevryukova Victoria Alekseevna 01/22/1991
197. Jorgen Elena Vladimirovna 10/04/1971
198. Tikhomirova Anastasia Andreevna 06/03/1987
199. Brulo Maria Vyacheslavovna 01/28/1967
200. Home Elena Aleksandrovna 11/15/1990
201. Kirillova Olga Vladimovich
Tambov region (Tambov)
202. Klochkov Alexey Yurievich 07/01/1989
203. Klochkova Svetlana Sergeevna 01/25/1989
Tyumen region (Tyumen)
204. Tomina Elena Vladimirovna 09/01/1969
Krasnoyarsk region
205. Plowman Anna Mikhailovna 07/11/1990
Smolensk region
206. Buleva Julia Vyacheslavovna 07/15/1990
Altai Territory (Barnaul)
207. Maslennikova Yulia Yurievna 03/05/1988
Perm (VFD)
208. Cossack Lyubov Vasilievna 11/06/1957
Udmurt republic
209. Shishkina Maria Andreevna 09/21/1987
Republic of Belarus
210. Seredinsky Roman Anatolyevich 06/05/1987
Republic of Ukraine
211. Sachuk Vladimir Viktorovich 06/17/1989
212. Usatova Irina Vladimirovna 02/13/1972
213. Usatov Kirill 03/15/1999
214. Movchanova Lilia 06/14/1991
Location undefined
215. Vasilyeva Lilia
216. Grigorieva Natalia
217. Ulyanov Roman Anatolyevich
Exactly one year ago, on October 31, 2015, there was the most massive air crash in Russia in terms of the number of victims. Then in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, the aircraft A321 Russian airline"Kogalymavia". There were 217 passengers on board, including 24 children, and seven crew members. They all died. The Russian authorities recognized the incident as a terrorist attack, but the international investigation has not yet been completed.
On October 31, the A321 aircraft of the Russian airline Kogalymavia was operating a charter flight from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg. The liner took off at 5:50 am and after 23 minutes disappeared from the radar. On the same day, Egyptian government search teams found the wreckage of a wrecked aircraft near the city of Nekhel in the north of the Sinai Peninsula. All 224 people on board were killed, including 219 Russians, four citizens of Ukraine and one native of Belarus.
Causes of the A321 crash
The international investigation, led by the Egyptian aviation authorities, has not yet been completed. It is attended by representatives of Russia, France, Germany, Ireland and the United States.
Shortly after the crash, the Western media began to report that a terrorist attack could have occurred on board the A321, citing their sources in the special services and officials. From these publications it followed that the authorities of the United States and Great Britain considered the version of the terrorist attack the most probable. However, Moscow publicly distanced itself from her for a long time, calling the version of the terrorist attack premature and urging them to wait for the official results of the investigation. And only on November 6, it was decided to suspend air traffic with Egypt until the causes of the A321 crash were clarified and the Russians who were there were evacuated.
Officially, the terrorist act of the FSB took place over Sinai only two and a half weeks after the disaster, on November 17th. According to the agency, an improvised explosive device went off in flight. Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Security Council to find the organizers of the crash "anywhere on the planet" and destroy them.
However, the Egyptian authorities, even after these statements, continued to insist that a technical malfunction was the most likely cause of the disaster. And only in February 2016, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi admitted that a terrorist attack had occurred on board the A321.
In September, the Kommersant newspaper, citing sources, reported that an international technical commission had established the exact location of the explosion on the plane. According to the publication, experts determined that the terrorists mined the compartment oversized baggage in the tail section of the plane, hiding an explosive device between baby carriages and wicker furniture carried by tourists.
Russia and the CIA believe that the explosion on board was organized by Wilayat Sinai (until 2014 - Ansar Beit al-Maqdis), a cell of the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS) banned in Russia. The group claimed responsibility for the downing of the A321: On November 18, 2015, the Islamic State propaganda magazine Dabiq published a photo of an improvised explosive device made from a can of Schweppes soda. As stated in the article, it was this device that was powered on board the A321. In August 2016, the Egyptian military about the assassination of the leader of Wilayat Sinai, Abu Duaa al-Ansari, who is suspected of organizing a terrorist attack.
Scandalous case
Relatives of those killed in the disaster have repeatedly complained about the progress of the investigation and the process of paying compensation. In December, lawyer Igor Trunov, on behalf of 35 relatives, filed a complaint with the Basmanny Court against the inaction of the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin. According to the lawyer, it was expressed in the fact that the UK ignored two appeals from relatives. In one of them, they asked to be informed of the number of the criminal case, to recognize them as victims and to acquaint them with the materials of the investigation. Another complaint concerned Ingosstrakh. The appeal alleged that the company fraudulently obtains statements from the relatives of the victims that limit their right to apply to the courts in order to obtain compensation. Ingosstrakh itself categorically denied these accusations. And the lawsuit against Bastrykin was rejected.
Consequences
After the crash of the Kogalymavia plane, Russia suspended flights with Egypt, and tour operators were banned from working in this direction. All year they waited for the resumption of communication with the country, which for many years was one of the main resort destinations for Russians. According to the latest data, this can happen no earlier than December-January.
To resume flights, the Egyptian side must fulfill a number of airport security requirements (a complete list has not been officially published). During the year, Russia repeatedly sent its specialists to Egypt for checks at the airports of Cairo, Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada, but every time there were violations. According to sources of the Al-Watan newspaper quoted by TASS, “a number of Russian structures refuses to discuss the issue of resuming flights with Egypt until the results of the official investigation.
With the closure of air traffic, Egypt suffered significant losses. From the collapse of tourism - one of the key industries for the country (more than 11% of GDP until November 2015) - the budget of Egypt, according to Reuters, lost more than three billion dollars.
The crash of the Russian Airbus and the subsequent cessation of flights to the Arab Republic led to problems for Kogalymavia itself and its associated tour operator Brisco, which was the customer of flight 9268. Since the spring of 2015, the case of declaring the carrier bankrupt has been dragging on, the next meeting will be held on November 10. In March, the Federal Air Transport Agency limited the operator's certificate to Kogalymavia and deprived it of permits for 13 international destinations.
The tour operator Brisco, the organizer of the flight, suspended work on August 2 until it pays off debts to customers and agencies. As reported on the Brisco website, after the closure of flights to Egypt and Turkey, the company suffered "colossal financial and economic losses."
On October 31, 2015, the Russian Airbus A321 aircraft of Kogalymavia (Metrojet) operating flight 9268 Sharm el-Sheikh - St. Petersburg,.
On behalf of the President, the Russian government in connection with the disaster, headed by the Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov. The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) was under the leadership of the executive director of the committee, Viktor Sorochenko.
Cairo immediately after the disaster about the opportunity to take part in the investigation of the tragedy. A special commission of inquiry was created, in it: Russia, Egypt, France (the state of the aircraft developer), Germany (the state of the liner manufacturer) and Ireland (the state of registration). Ayman al-Muqaddam was appointed head of the commission to investigate the disaster.
On November 1, 2015, Egyptian Attorney General Nabil Ahmed Sadeq involved Russian specialists in the investigation into the causes of the crash with the Russian aircraft in the Sinai Peninsula.
A group of investigators and forensic experts from the central office of the Investigative Committee of Russia, in agreement with the competent authorities and together with representatives of the Republic of Egypt, in accordance with the norms of national and international law, participated in the inspection of the crash site in Egypt.
On November 17, 2015, the head of the FSB of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bortnikov, during a meeting in the Kremlin on the results of the investigation into the causes of the crash of the Russian plane, which, as a result of the study of personal belongings, luggage and parts of the aircraft, wrecked in Egypt, traces of a foreign-made explosive were found. He .
In turn, the Egyptian authorities urged not to rush to conclusions. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri said that as part of a criminal investigation.
In March 2016, the International Commission for the Investigation of the Crash of the Russian Aircraft A321 that it received an official report from the Investigative Committee of Russia and handed it over to the Egyptian Prosecutor General's Office to complete legal procedures. The commission itself, despite the transfer of the case to the investigating authorities of the state security of the country, continued the technical examination of the wreckage of the liner.
In mid-April, Egyptian Attorney General Nabil Sadek on the transfer of the case of the crash of the Russian plane to the Supreme Prosecutor's Office state security countries. The decision of the head of the supervisory agency, noted in the text of the statement, was made on the basis of data from the report of the Investigative Committee of Russia, "which indicates the suspicion of a criminal trace."
In June, CIA Director John Brennan, speaking in the US Senate, that American intelligence has information about the involvement in the explosion on the Russian passenger plane A321 of the Egyptian group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which swore allegiance to the terrorist movement "Islamic State" banned in many countries (an organization banned in the Russian Federation), and on August 4, the Egyptian Ministry of Defense announced the liquidation of the leader of this terrorist group.
At the insistence of the Investigative Committee of Russia, the International Commission for the Investigation of the Aviation Accident. As a result of the work carried out, the fact of the impact of high-energy elements on the aircraft skin in the "inside-out" direction and "explosive decompression" in flight was established.
In October 2016, a commission of inquiry formed by the Egyptian Attorney General's Office sent twelve of the wreckage to the Alloys Science Laboratory for detailed examination.
Work to determine the causes of the crash. Until now, the parties have no understanding of what happened to the plane, how the explosive device got on board the plane, who carried it. Also, there are no identified suspects and their accomplices from among the employees of the airport.
A year ago over Sinai Peninsula the plane crashed while flying 9268 from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg. The catastrophe, which became the largest in the history of the Soviet and Russian aviation, claimed the lives of 224 people. Most of them are residents of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region. A year after the tragedy, not all relatives of the victims were able to bury their loved ones. Until now, Petersburgers are waiting for the official and final results of the investigation of the disaster from the Egyptian side. And literally learn to live again.
On October 30, Airbus 321-231 of Kogalymavia Airlines successfully completed two flights on the route Sharm el-Sheikh - Samara - Sharm el-Sheikh. The PIC's handover crew Dmitry Zhigalkovich and co-pilot Yuri Yushko do not express any comments on the liner. Already in the early morning of October 31, the plane will have two more scheduled flights: Sharm el-Sheikh - St. Petersburg - Sharm el-Sheikh. The board is already accepting the following crew: an experienced 48-year-old Valery Nemov, who has flown over 12,000 hours, and 45-year-old co-pilot Sergei Trukhachev, a former military pilot who went through the Chechen campaign.
On board, 217 passengers will be waiting for them, most of them are Petersburgers, many are returning home with their families from a long-awaited vacation in Egypt. At 03:50:06 local time (06:50 Moscow time), flight 7K-9268 takes off from Sharm el-Sheikh, after which, following the air corridor along the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba, it begins to climb.
In St. Petersburg, the plane, bypassing the Sinai Peninsula, will have to arrive at 12:10 local time, on a typical Saturday October afternoon, along with dozens of other domestic and international flights listed on the Pulkovo scoreboard. But neither then, nor after several delays that appeared on the scoreboard, the long-awaited flight 9268 did not return to its homeland.
A few days after the catastrophe in the sky over Egypt, Flightradar publishes data on last flight board A321 over Sinai. According to a report published on the website, the plane took off safely and began to climb, moving parallel to the coast. Within minutes after the liner turned inland, its altitude begins to plummet to 6,000 feet. Communication with the aircraft is lost. The first media reports that the Kogalymavia Airbus aircraft disappeared from the radar begin to appear only at 10:18 Moscow time. In short news items, the data differ significantly: according to the information contained in them, there were from 207 to 224 people on board. Some reports say the plane went missing in the Larnaca area of Cyprus.
Flight 9268 Sharm el-Sheikh - St. Petersburg, operated by Airbus 321 "Kogalymavia", took off at 6:21 Moscow time and disappeared from the radar screens after 23 minutes, there were 217 passengers and seven crew members on board, the Federal Air Transport Agency reported.
The count goes on for a moment - two minutes later there is news from the Arab media, which reported that a Russian plane crashed in the central part of the Sinai Peninsula. But the data is still scarce and not backed up by official confirmation. Hope is preserved. At 10:42 am, Reuters and Sky News publish the first reports disproving the plane crash. Sources of publications claim that the crew of the missing aircraft got in touch in Turkey. Flightradar also does not confirm the fall, specifying that the airliner sharply lowered its altitude before disappearing from radar.
The Federal Air Transport Agency reports that they are trying to contact the flight that disappeared from the radar. At 11:44, Pulkovo's online scoreboard still contains information that the flight from Sharm el-Sheikh is delayed (from 12:10 to 12:20). But closer to 12, citing sources in the Federal Air Transport Agency, most of the media publish information about the crash of an airliner over the Sinai Peninsula. In Pulkovo, where by that time the information about the arrival has disappeared from the scoreboard, the emergency headquarters begins operational work, the Russian Emergencies Ministry is preparing two aircraft for shipment to Egypt. Later, the agency decides to send five special aircraft to Egypt.
Search teams discovered the crash site among the mountains of the Sinai Peninsula. The wreckage of the liner was scattered over 13 kilometers.
The search operation took place in difficult conditions: Northern Sinai is a closed zone, for a year now the Egyptian army has been conducting a large-scale operation there against militants of an extremist group associated with ISIS (the activities of the group are prohibited in Russia by a decision of the Supreme Court. - Note. ed.). It was the Egyptian military, patrolling the area, who first discovered the wreckage of the liner. The plane crashed in the An-Nakhal mountain range, a deserted, waterless and deserted place. According to updated and officially confirmed information, there were 224 people on board the aircraft, including seven crew members. According to the Federal Air Transport Agency, among the passengers of the liner were 192 adults and 25 children. They all died.
Dear Amalia, 28 years ago you gave the world a wonderful boy. Every mother dreams of such a son and a girl dreams of such a reliable and loving man nearby. A year ago, photos of all the dead were published, I immediately remembered Armen's face, it attracts the eye with its kind and clean smile, this face is purposeful and very decent young man. I didn't know him, but I'm terribly sorry for Armen. Such boys were obliged to live and give the world beautiful children. But, unfortunately, another world, black and evil, took his life. Strength and health to you. Thank you for being such a son. Insanely sorry ... Blessed memory of Armen and a heavenly birthday. (Tatiana Svetlova, St. Petersburg) - a year after the tragedy, relatives of those killed in the terrible plane crash over Sinai continue to receive such letters.
On October 26, a few days before the plane crash, Armen Vishnev, a native of the city of Pushkin, who served in the Federal Customs Service, turned 27 years old. Armen flew to Egypt to rest, in one of the last messages he asked his mother not to be bored, because the separation would not be long, he promised to bring a magnet or, as a joke, even a whole camel.
A year after the tragedy, Amalia carefully keeps all the photos and messages of her son. Caring residents of other regions of Russia and dozens of other relatives of the victims of the plane crash help her to honor the memory and survive the grief of loss. The tragedy brought together more than 36 thousand people on the Web. Through the efforts of St. Petersburg residents, the Flight 9268 charity foundation was created, which now provides support to people who have lost loved ones in the disaster over Sinai.
The main goal for which we have united is to perpetuate the memory of our relatives in the deeds that we are able to accomplish: the creation of a memorial and a temple, the preservation of memories of our loved ones, helping the families of the victims who need financial, legal and psychological support. Our foundation is not just an attempt to rally around a common cause. This is a protest against terrorism, murder, cruelty and injustice. A great journey starts with a small step. And we are taking this step all together - this is the goal set by people whose lives the tragedy divided into before and after the disaster.
Foundation group in social networks has long become a kind of spontaneous book of memory, where you can find out the latest information about the investigation of the tragedy, see again the photos of all those who did not return home from the ill-fated flight, and also provide all possible assistance to relatives and friends.
And it’s not just about money: any support is valuable, because even after a year, practice shows that time does not heal, and a long investigation and difficult bureaucratic procedures associated with the payment of compensation only exacerbate the already unrelenting pain of loss.
The tragedy cut short the lives of entire families: Olga and Yuri Shein and their three children died in the disaster. The whole country from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok was shocked to the core by the love story of Alexandra Chernova and Yevgeny Yavsin on board the A321: Evgeny specially saved money to take Sasha to Egypt and propose to her there. And dozens of other life-long stories that ended so unfairly and suddenly on that ill-fated October morning. Most of the passengers of the crashed A321 were residents of the North-West of Russia, mainly from St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Novgorod and Pskov regions. Also on board were four citizens of Ukraine and one citizen of Belarus. Flight 9268" by Irina Zakharova, the remains that are now stored in the crematorium on Shafirovsky Prospekt are not subject to examination. However, the families still have hope to receive fragments of the bodies of their dead relatives: in Egypt, after the completion of the main stage of the investigation, new remains were discovered, they are now being studied.
The report of the international commission investigating the crash of the Russian A321 over Sinai has not yet been made public: experts will tell about the preliminary results of their work (and this is a year after the investigation), according to a source in the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation, "within 60 days."
Certain technical analyzes are now being carried out, after which a preliminary report will be made public, a spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Aviation told the media on October 26.
Recall that representatives of six countries take part in the investigation of the causes of the disaster: Egypt, Russia, as well as specialists from France, Germany, Ireland and the United States. Its course, in accordance with the rules of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), is led by the aviation authorities of Egypt. One of the first versions of the disaster was the assumption that the Russian plane could have been shot down by a missile fired by militants operating in the North Sinai region. However, this assumption was almost immediately refuted by experts as untenable. For a long time, specialists worked out another probable cause the crash of the Kogalymavia airliner - a version about technical problems. This was announced on the day of the crash by the operational services of Egypt following a preliminary examination of the wreckage of the aircraft. At the initial stage of the investigation, Russian specialists were inclined to the same version.
Representatives of Kogalymavia (trademark Metrojet) were the first to refute it: already on November 2, the airline's press secretary Alexander Smirnov ruled out a technical malfunction and pilot error as the causes of the disaster and announced "external influence" on the liner. He stressed that the aircraft, which the airline owned under a lease, was 100% ready to fly and that its crew was "very experienced." The representative of the company supported his speech with certificates received by the airline in early 2015. He also stated that the plane's engine was checked on October 26, five days before the crash.
On November 7, the IAC reported that until the end of recording on the registrars, the flight took place in the normal mode, there was no information about the failures of the aircraft's systems and assemblies.
At a meeting in the Kremlin on November 16, the head of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, officially announced for the first time that a terrorist attack was the cause of the crash. Versions of third-party interference with links to various sources were published earlier in foreign and Russian media. - You can definitely say that it is terrorist act, - said Bortnikov, adding that traces of a foreign-made explosive were found on the wreckage and things. - According to our experts, an improvised explosive device with a capacity of up to 1 kg of TNT went off on board the aircraft in flight, as a result of which the aircraft fell apart in the air, which explains the dispersion of parts of the aircraft fuselage at a great distance.
Bortnikov explained that the conclusions were made by specialists after a thorough examination of personal belongings, passengers' luggage and parts of the wrecked liner.
At first it was assumed that the explosive device was planted under passenger seat 30A or 31A. However, in September 2016, the data of the commission were made public, according to which the explosion occurred in the tail section, in the oversized baggage compartment. The time bomb was hidden among the baby carriages. Experts came to this conclusion after analyzing the layout of the assembled A321 fragments in the hangar of Cairo airport. Due to the explosion, the aircraft lost its tail section, after which it went into an uncontrolled dive.
The investigation into the tragedy is progressing very slowly, and all the circumstances of the incident are still unknown. Responsibility for the crash Russian aircraft almost immediately, an Egyptian cell of the Islamic State group banned in Russia took over. The airport employees could have carried the explosive device on board - numerous evidence of a weak level of security in air harbor Immediately after the tragedy, the Internet was flooded: many tourists said that for a small bribe they calmly carried bags with things through all the security cordons, but no one examined them. However, the Egyptian side for a long time insisted on the version of a technical malfunction, refusing to admit the possibility of a terrorist attack on board the liner. In December 2015, the Technical Investigation Committee released a statement saying that Cairo had found no evidence of terrorist involvement in the Airbus 321 crash. Sinai was a terrorist attack. The head of state stated this at the presentation of a report on the development of the country until 2030.
On August 30, 2016, it was announced that Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, who was allegedly the organizer of the attack, had been killed in Aleppo, Syria.
Air traffic with Egypt, which was terminated immediately after the crash of the A321, has not yet been restored. In accordance with the official commentary of the Russian Ministry of Transport, the situation will not change until all the remarks in the field of aviation security are eliminated.
Making a decision on the resumption of air traffic between Russia and Egypt is possible only after the elimination of all comments in the field of aviation and transport security. It is worth noting that the Egyptian side has made significant progress in resolving these issues and the interaction between the two countries is quite constructive, the department noted on October 25.
The Garden of Memory, which will be located on Rumbolovskaya Hill in Vsevolozhsk, will be completed and fresh flowers will bloom here. the wind will play, anyone who will pass along the Road of Life will see.
On Monday, October 31, a memorial service will be held in St. Isaac's Cathedral for the victims of the A321 crash in the sky over the Sinai Peninsula. In memory of those who never returned home to their relatives and friends, the bell of the cathedral will strike 224 times.
