No Survivors Expected in Sinai Crash of Russian Tourist Jet

A passenger jet carrying more than 200 Russian tourists has crashed in the mountains of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, and initial reports say there are no survivors. Seventeen children were on board the chartered Airbus plane, which went down less than half an hour after leaving Sharm el-Sheikh for St. Petersburg. Rescue workers who reached the scene say the plane broke in two, and the back half of the cabin burned. Egyptian authorities say the crash site was in a mountainous area,...

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