What We Know So Far

• The Airbus A-321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia took off from Sharm El-Sheikh before crashing into Egypt’s volatile Sinai peninsula on Saturday morning.
• Flight 92-68 was headed for St. Petersburg.
• There were 217 passengers, most of whom are thought to be Russian tourists, and seven crew members on board, according to Egyptian officials.
• Egypt’s government has said there were no survivors.
• ISIS supporters have claimed to have brought down the jet, but Egyptian and Russian officials have dismissed these suggestions.
• Egyptian media has said that the crash is due to a “technical failure” and was not shot down.

Two airlines, Lufthansa and Air France, have decided to avoid flying over Egypt’s Sinai region in the wake of the Russian jet crash, Reuters reported.

Spokespersons for the airlines said the decision was made for safety reasons.

“We took the decision to avoid the area because the situation and the reasons for the crash were not clear,” a Lufthansa spokesperson told Reuters. “We will continue to avoid the area until it is clear what caused the crash.”

“Air France confirms it has set up, as a precaution, measures to avoid flights over the zone of Sinai,” an airline spokesperson for the carrier said.

H/T: Buzzfeed