Emirates, European Carriers Avoid Sinai After Russian Jet Crash - Bloomberg Business
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Emirates Airlines said it will avoid flying over Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, where a Russian-operated jet went down on Saturday, becoming the third carrier to shun that route until more is known on the cause of the crash, which killed all 224 passengers and crew.
Dubai-based Emirates said in a statement Sunday that it is “closely monitoring” the situation. Air France, the French unit of Air France-KLM Group, and Deutsche Lufthansa AG said on Saturday that they’ll be diverting planes. Preliminary investigations indicate the plane, an Airbus 321 operated by Russia’s Metrojet, went down because of a technical problem, the state-run Ahram Gate website said, citing Egyptian security officials.
