Russia: Bodies of 7K9268 victims arrive at St Petersburg crematoriuam

Two trucks carrying the bodies of 144 of the plane crash victims left Pulkovo airport for the St. Petersburg crematorium, where identification of the victims is expected to begin at 12:00 local time (10:00 GMT). According to the head of EMERCOM press service in Saint Petersburg Igor Ulubikov, a second plane carrying more bodies of flight crash victims is expected to arrive in St. Petersburg on Monday evening. Kogalymavia (also known as Metrojet) flight 7K9268 heading to Saint Petersburg from Sharm el-Sheikh, crashed in Sinai around 23 minutes after take-off on Saturday, killing everyone on board. The passenger plane broke up in the air and its wreckage was scattered over a vast area of the Sinai peninsula. There were a total of 224 people on board - 217 passengers, including 25 children, and seven crew members, with reports indicating that all but five passengers - four Ukrainians and one Belarusian - were Russian.