11 flights arrive in Yekaterinburg from Egypt

10 November 2015 (09:28)

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 10, 2015. Eleven flights arrived in Yekaterinburg from Egypt (eight from Hurghada and three from Sharm El Sheikh) by 10:00 AM on November 9, bringing 1,699 passengers (including 453 children) back home, Sverdlovsk Region’s division of the MoE reports.

‘A team of MoE experts is present at Koltsovo Airport on a 24-hour basis, collaborating closely with the airport’s management and special-purpose units. A group of MoE psychologists and doctors from our emergency medicine center are available to help the arriving passengers. Special attention will be paid to seniors and people traveling with children,’ MoE says.

All flights to Egypt were banned by the Russian Government until the causes of the A321 crash have become clear. All the Russian subjects currently still in Egypt are being evacuated.


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