ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia’s emergency situations minister Vladimir Puchkov said Monday that the search for the bodies of victims of the plane crash in Egypt will wrap up in a day.
Puchkov tells a televised press conference that the search in the Sinai Peninsula should wrap up by 10 p.m. Monday.
The Metrojet Airbus A320-200 crashed Saturday morning 23 minutes after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all 224 on board. Most were Russian and many were from St. Petersburg.
A Russian government plane took the first 140 bodies from Egypt to St. Petersburg early Monday. Puchkov said another plane will travel from Egypt to St. Petersburg on Monday evening to bring more bodies of plane crash victims.
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