Story highlights*
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-SisiAn airport worker may have put a bomb on Metrojet Flight 9268, a report saysBritish tourists stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh when flights were suspended after the crash are starting to fly out
(CNN)European investigators who analyzed the two flight recorders from the Metrojet plane that went down last weekend in Egypt are categorically saying the crash is not an accident, CNN affiliate France 2 reported Friday.
The investigators said the cockpit voice recorder of Metrojet Flight 9268shows an explosion and the flight data recorder confirms the explosion is not accidental -- there is no sign of mechanical malfunction during the initial part of the flight, France 2 reported.
Metrojet, legally incorporated asKogalymavia (Russian: ООО «Авиакомпания Когалымавиа»), is a Russian airline based in Kogalym,Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.[2] Its home base is Kogalym International Airport, with the main hub beingDomodedovo International Airport inMoscow.[3] The airline has scaled back its operations following the crash of flight 7K9268 on 31 October 2015.
History
Kogalymavia started operations in May 1993. Since 2005 the airline flew mostly international charter services to leisure destinations under the brand nameKolavia.
In May 2012, Kogalymavia changed its marketing branding from Kolavia toMetrojet[4][5] as part of their then newly established joint-venture with TUI Russia & CIS, a subsidiary of German tourism company TUI Travel.[6] Up until August 2014, when the joint-venture was broken up,[6] Metrojet operated on behalf of TUI[7][8] and has flown independently since.
On 31 October 2015, Metrojet charter flight 7K9268 crashed in Egypt, killing all 224 people on board. This accident led the airline to suspend all flight operations until further notice.
Accidents and incidentsEdit
2011-1-1: Flight 348. A fire broke out on one of the engines of a Tupolev Tu-154B-2, tail number RA-85588, beforetaxiing. The aircraft had 116 passengers and 8 crew on board, and was due to operate a flight, a Surgut–Moscowservice. It was evacuated seconds before the flames engulfed the fuselage. Three people were killed and 43 passengers injured.[12][13][14]2015-10-31: Flight 9268, also known as the 2015 Sinai Air Disaster,[15] anAirbus A321-200 charter flight with 224 people on board, en route from Sharm el-Sheikh to Saint Petersburg, crashed on the Sinai Peninsula. All 217 passengers and seven crew members perished.[16] The reasons for this crash are still under investigation. This air crash was named as the biggest and the most fatal in the history of the airline, Russian and Soviet aviation; and the Airbus A321's history.2015-11-5: Flight 9267 suffered a collapse of its nose gear following an incident during pushback at St. Petersburg Airport in Russia. The flight was operated by EI-ETL.[17]
*
MetroJet
Airline company
Headquarters: Arlington County, VA
Founded: 1998
Parent organization: US Airways
No comments:
Post a Comment