Investigators Search for Clues at Site of Russian Plane Crash in Egyptian Desert

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A Russian aircraft carrying 224 people, including 17 children, crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous region in the Sinai Peninsula.

Debris from crashed Russian jet lies strewn across the sand at the site of the crash, Sinai, 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. EPA/STR EGYPT OUTEPA

Oct. 31, 2015, 5:17 PM EDT / Updated Nov. 2, 2015, 10:43 AM EST

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