Relatives identified the victims in the crash of the first A321 – RBC

Trucks Emergency Situations Ministry in the territory of the crematorium, where were taken to identify the bodies of those killed in the crash of the aircraft Airbus A321 in Egypt

Photo by Alexander Demyanchuk / TASS

Relatives identified the victims in the crash of the Airbus A321 in the Sinai Peninsula. This Tass said a source familiar with the situation.

About four hours ago, the MOE said that the identification of the body transported 15 dead. Source Interfax reported at the time of preparation of this material was identified three of the dead.

«There are first identified. These are the three victims, “- said the source.

Later in the MOE clarified that identified four. The journalists said the head of the Center of Emergency Psychological Aid EMERCOM of Yulia Shoigu.

On board the Airbus 321 airline “Kogalymavia”, which was flying from Sharm El Sheikh to St Petersburg were 224 people, including 7 crew members and 25 children. All were in the airplane people were killed, most of the passengers were Russian tourists. On board were also four citizens of Ukraine. Foreign Ministry of Belarus on October 31 reported that, according to preliminary data, the plane was a citizen of the republic.

According to a source TASS identify the bodies of the dead will not be handed over to relatives on Monday. “Technologically, it is physically impossible”, – he said, explaining that after the identification of a number of procedures must be completed.

On Saturday, the Egyptian rescue workers began sending the victims to Cairo. From there, the body was taken to the passengers of St. Petersburg. The first board of Ministry of Emergency Situations with the dead arrived in the morning on Monday, November 2nd. The second board will fly from Cairo tonight.

As previously told the press-secretary of Ministry of Health of Russia Oleg Salagaev, local identifications will be on duty brigades of doctors and psychologists. In addition, psychological assistance to relatives will also provide the name of the group of the Federal Center of Serbia. Also in St. Petersburg on behalf of Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova team of experts of the Russian Center of Forensic Medicine of Ministry of Health.