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I'm dara brown. we are covering breaking news. there's been a plane crash in egypt, sinai peninsula. apparently, 224 passengers are on board, 200 of them adults. 17 children, seven crew members. it's a russian flight metro jet flight, 79268. we have more information. the flight disappeared 23 minutes after it took off from sharm el sheikh in egypt. right now we'll bring in msnbc aviation analyst john cox, and john we had mentioned that the reports are saying that the airplane had a very controlled descent and that the airplane might have split in two. we know that the egyptian minister saying ...

I'm dara brown with breaking news. new details coming in. nbc news has confirmed that a plane has crashed, it took off from sharm el sheikh, bound for st. petersburg, russia. we do know that there are according to reuters there are emergency crews on site. 224 people were on board the flight. 200 adults, 17 children and seven crew members. it's a metro jet flight 79268. it's a single aircraft, it's an airbus 321. apparently there are very many in europe and in this area. rather common airplane. the reports say that the russian airliner was carrying the passengers from sharm el sheikh and going...