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Indication ahead of time according to the transport minister that anything was going wrong with that flight. >> if the pilot doesn't report any faults on the plane, all that will be carried out is routine maintenance checks on the plane before takeoff. the checks done before takeoff did not reveal anything. up until the crash hatchppened were never informed of any defaults on the plane nor did we receive any sos calls. >> reporter: that is why it is so critical at this stage that authorities be able to retrieve vital information from the two black boxes that they have managed to obtain from th...

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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...

Briefing is given as the vessel leaves port. there's the run-through of the safety procedures. but, you know, that was the day before and these are all predominantly young people so, you know, maybe not completely tuned into that. so they were confused. this is a very, very trying time for them now. >> absolutely, and they said, you know, probably about six hours in those water temperatures. it's been 14 hours. we don't know. they could be in air pockets. hopefully some of the folks there not even touching water. we want to thank peter and rob. thank you both very much. want to get back to o...