EGYPT — (Scroll down for video) — Federal officials have denied claims that ISIS has shot down the Airbus A321 over Sinai on Saturday.
ISIS has allegedly released this shocking video showing the plane being shot down.
The video has not been authenticated.
Kogalymavia, which crashed in northern Sinai on 31 October 2015 following departure from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, Egypt, en route to Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The aircraft, an Airbus A321-231, was carrying 217 passengers and seven crew members. Of those mostly tourists aboard, the majority were Russian, at least 3 were Ukrainian and one Belarusian .
With the death toll of 224 people, the crash of Flight 9268 is the deadliest in Egyptian territory and has the highest number of Russian victims in an airliner crash.
It is also the deadliest air crash involving an aircraft from the Airbus A320 family and the deadliest air disaster to occur in 2015.
The captain of the flight had reportedly told ATC that there was a technical fault and had requested a route change, although there was no indication whether a change had occurred.
Interfax reported that the aircraft requested an emergency landing at El Arish International Airport before disappearing.
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