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31 Oct 2015 · Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate ActsMETROJET FLIGHT 9268
Airbus A321 · Metrojet (Kogalymavia) · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
ISIS bomb smuggled aboard at Sharm El Sheikh
Airport insider threat
Baggage/catering security
Aircraft
Airbus A321
Metrojet (Kogalymavia)
Route
Sharm El Sheikh (SSH), Egypt
→ St. Petersburg (LED), Russia
People
224 on board
224 fatalities
Date
31 Oct 2015
Flight crew
Captain: Valery Nemov
Category
Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate Acts
Bombs, hijackers, shootdowns, murder in the cockpit.
THE STORY
A bomb hidden in a soda can tore the A321 apart over the Sinai, 23 minutes after takeoff. Russia suspended all Egypt flights for years.