![Russian plane crash site in central Sinai, Egypt Russian plane crash site in central Sinai, Egypt](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/egypt-russia-airplane-crash1.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![APTOPIX Mideast Egypt Russian Plane An Egyptian soldier stands guard as emergency workers unload bodies of victims from the crash of a Russian aircraft over the Sinai peninsula from a police helicopter to ambulances at Kabrit military airport, some 20 miles north of Suez, Egypt, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. A Russian Metrojet plane crashed Saturday morning in a mountainous region in the Sinai after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all 224 people aboard. Officials said the pilot had reported a technical problem and was looking to make an emergency landing before radio contact with air traffic controllers went dead. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/russian-plane-egypt1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Authorities fear all on board crashed Russian jet dead Debris from crashed Russian jet lies strewn across the sand at the site of the crash in the Sinai region in Egypt on Oct. 31, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/russian-plane-egypt.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Authorities fear all 224 passengers of Russian plane which crashed dead epa05004879 Ambulances transporting the bodies of the victims of the Russian passenger flight crash arrive at the Zeinhom morgue, Cairo, Egypt, 31 October 2015. According to reports the Egyptian Government has dispatched more than 45 ambulances to the crash site of the Kogalymavia Metrojet Russian passenger jet, which disappeared from raider after requesting an emergency landing early 31 October, crashing in the mountainous al-Hasanah area of central Sinai. The black box has been recovered at the site. Authorities believe all onboard perished in the crash. EPA/MOHAMMED HOSSAM](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/russian-plane-egypt-001.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![People arrange candles to make a cross to commemorate victims of Russian airliner which crashed in Egypt on stairs of Christ Saviour Cathedral in Moscow People arrange candles to make a cross to commemorate 224 victims of a Russian airliner which crashed in Egypt, on the stairs of the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, November 1, 2015. An Airbus A321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia under the brand name Metrojet, carrying 224 passengers crashed into a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday shortly after losing radar contact near cruising altitude, killing all aboard. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a day of national mourning for Sunday. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - RTX1U9UO](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/russian-plane-egypt-002.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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