The Russian passenger plane was carrying 214 Russian passengers and three Ukrainians, the Egyptian cabinet said in a statement. Out of the total 217 passengers, 138 were women, 62 men and 17 were children, the cabinet statement added.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry of Belarus said in its Russian-language Twitter account one Belarusian citizen could be on board.
The airliner en route from Sharm El-Sheikh to Saint Petersburg went off radar at 3:21 AM GMT 23 minutes after take-off. The Russian Transport Ministry confirmed that there were 221 people, including 7 crew members on board.
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