Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, November 1, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Russia sends 100 experts to search Sinai crash site
Russia’s Emergencies Ministry says it has sent more than 100 emergency workers to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula to help search for bodies and examine debris following the crash of a Russian passenger jet.
Metrojet’s A321-200 crashed Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula 23 minutes after it took off from Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all 224 people on board.
The Emergencies Ministry said Sunday its emergency teams were being accompanied by the Egyptian military through the restive northern Sinai, where Egypt is fighting an Islamic insurgency.
People light candles inside an Orthodox church in St. Petersburg during a day of national mourning for the plane crash victims, Russia, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 (AP/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Russian officials say the rescue teams need to comb 16 square kilometers (over 6 square miles) to search for victims’ bodies and plane wreckage.
— AP
