Russian passenger jet goes down in Egypt A Russian Airbus carrying 224 passengers and crew has crashed in the Sinai peninsula, close to an area where the Egyptian army is fighting Islamic State-linked militants. The A-321 was flying from Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg in Russia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EGYPT Cairo Ras Ghareb Port Said Ismaliya Suez EL HASANA SINAI PENINSULA El Tor Oct 31: Airliner takes off at 00:51GMT and disappears from radar screens 23 minutes later at 31,000 feet Islamist uprising Arish ISRAEL Gaza Strip Tel Aviv West Bank Eilat MEDITERRANEAN SEA RED SEA Gulf of Suez Gulf of Aqaba Sharm el-Sheikh JORDAN SAUDI ARABIA 100km 60 miles ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: News agencies words 110