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Russia confirms jet that crashed in Egypt broke up mid-air

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The Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt over the weekend, killing everyone on board, disintegrated mid-air, an official of a Moscow-based aviation agency said on Sunday. However, he stressed that it is still too early to draw conclusions from this.

Added on the 02/11/2015 07:33:35 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media

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