Grief and shock in Saint Petersburg as Russian plane crashes in Sinai
- 9 years ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared 1 November a national day of mourning after a Russian airliner crashed in the Sinai peninsula on Saturday morning, killing 224 people.
Most of the passengers on the plane, which took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and was bound for the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, were Russian.
Relatives of the passengers gathered at a hotel near Saint Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport, where flight KGL9268 had been due to arrive.
“I was meeting my daughter at the airport”, one woman explained.
“She didn’t want me to come to meet her here. She didn’t want to bother us. She’s very independent.”
A traveler arriving at Pulkovo to catch a flight said: “I found out about the crash half an hour before leaving my flat.”
“It’s scary, I’m scared of even entering the airport. Honestly, I don’t know what I will see there. The sadness of people. It is terrifying,” she continued.
Moscow has launched an official investigation into what happe
Most of the passengers on the plane, which took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and was bound for the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, were Russian.
Relatives of the passengers gathered at a hotel near Saint Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport, where flight KGL9268 had been due to arrive.
“I was meeting my daughter at the airport”, one woman explained.
“She didn’t want me to come to meet her here. She didn’t want to bother us. She’s very independent.”
A traveler arriving at Pulkovo to catch a flight said: “I found out about the crash half an hour before leaving my flat.”
“It’s scary, I’m scared of even entering the airport. Honestly, I don’t know what I will see there. The sadness of people. It is terrifying,” she continued.
Moscow has launched an official investigation into what happe