Russian transport minister leaves Cairo airport, returning to Moscow
Airbus experts to join the Egyptian-Russian search team tomorrow on its second visit to the crash site
Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov left Cairo airport a short while ago aboard a private plane, returning to Russia after concluding his visit to Cairo to follow up on the Russian plane crash. He was accompanied to the airport by Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Captain Hossam Kamal.
Meanwhile, the aviation minister gave instructions to provide all necessary facilities and to quickly complete the travel procedures for 162 bodies of the stricken plane's victims aboard a Russian plane bound for Moscow. The bodies had arrived at Cairo airport in Ministry of Health ambulances.
On another front, the Egyptian and Russian search team returned to Cairo this evening after inspecting the crash site where the Russian plane came down in central Sinai. The team is expected to make another visit to the crash site tomorrow morning, Monday, joined by experts from Airbus, the plane's manufacturer, after their arrival in Cairo today.
