Metrojet Flight 9268

**Metrojet Flight 9268** was an international flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to Saint Petersburg, Russia which was destroyed by a bomb set by ISIS' Sinai Branch.

## History

At 5:50 PM, Metrojet Flight 9268 left Sharm el-Sheikh Airport in Egypt enroute to Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with 217 passengers and 7 crew members onboard.

The Islamic State's Sinai branch said in a statement the same day that it had brought down the airliner. Wassim Nasr, France 24's expert on jihadi movements, said that the IS group has never claimed an attack they did not commit. Russian media outlets claimed that the pilot reported technical problems and had requested a landing at the nearest airport before the A321 went missing. This claim was disputed by other sources, including the Egyptian authorities, and subsequent analysis of the flight recorder data confirmed that this was false. The Egyptian Civilian Aviation Ministry issued a statement that indicated the flight was at an altitude of 31,000 ft (9,400 m) when it disappeared from radar screens after a steep descent of 5,000 ft (1,500 m) in one minute. Flightradar24 shows the aircraft climbing to 33,500 ft (10,200 m) at 404 kn (748 km/h; 465 mph) before suddenly descending to 28,375 ft (8,649 m) at 62 kn (115 km/h; 71 mph) approximately 50 km (31 mi; 27 nmi) north east of Nekhel, after which its position was no longer tracked. A bomb exploded in the aircraft, causing uncontrolled decompression, and the aircraft disintegrated in mid-air. All 224 passengers and crew died.

Wreckage was scattered over 20 square kilometres, with the forward section about 5 kilometres from the tail, indicating that the aircraft had broken up during flight. Aerial images of the wreckage broadcast on RT indicated that the wings were intact until impact. The debris pattern, combined with an initial interpretation of the aircraft's abrupt changes in altitude and airspeed, reinforced the presumption that the aircraft's tail separated during flight and fell separately.

## Victims

* Darina Alekseevna Gromova, 10 months
* Alisa Maksimovna Mozgina, 1
* Dimitri Olegovich Vinnik, 2
* Myron Sergeevich Zhimalenkov, 2
* Kirill Evgenievich Shulginov, 3
* Alexandra Olegovna Vinnik, 3
* Anastasia Yuryevna Sheina, 3
* Diana Eminovna Golenkova, 4
* Fedor Dmitrievich Fedorov, 5
* Alena Andreevna Moiseyev, 5
* Vera Alekseevna Gerasina, 6
* Zakhar Ilich Osipov, 8
* Kristina Mikhailovna Krylov, 9
* Diana Magomednabievna Salakhbekova, 9
* Anton Dmitrievich Bogdanov, 10
* Valeria Andreevna Dushechkina, 10
* Yevgeny Andreevich Pryanikov, 11
* Ekaterina Sergeevna Grigorieva, 12
* Lilia Vasilyeva, 13
* Anastasia Leonidovna Kharitonova, 13
* Alisa Denisovna Vitaleva, 14
* Daniyal Magomednabievich Salakhbekov, 14
* Alexander Dimitrievich Maksimov, 15
* Maria Romanovna Ivleva, 15
* Kirill Usatov, 16
* Alexandra Alekseevna Chernova, 19
* Darya Alexandrovna Yatskova, 20
* Eugene Valerievich Yavsin, 21
* Irina Dimitrievna Olaru, 22, crew member
* Anastasia Dmitrievna Bogdanov, 22
* Vlada Andreevna Sakerina, 23
* Ekaterina Valentinovna Volyanskaya, 23
* Anastasia Vasilievna Stetskaya, 23
* Julia Krasnova, 23
* Darya Yurevna Grigoriev, 23
* Lilia Movchanova, 24
* Victoria Alexeevna Sevryukova, 24
* Nadezhda Alexandrovna Laisheva, 24
* Marina Vladimirovna Kondrashkova, 24
* Elena Alexandrovna Domashniaia, 24
* Vlaeria Sergeevna Bogdanova, 24
* Alexandra Petrovna Panina, 25
* Alexei Andreevich Filimonov, 25, crew member
* Ekaterina Valeryevna Shihina, 25
* Evgenia Alexandrovna Sologubova, 25
* Ilya Alexandrovich Sakerin, 25
* Julia Vitalyevna Kulikova, 25
* Marina Sergeevna Zueva, 25
* Nadezhda Eduardovna Danilenko, 25
* Anna Mikhaylovna Pakhary, 25
* Julia Yvachesalvovna Buleva, 25
* Vladimir Viktorovich Sachuk, 26
* Alexei Yurievich Klochkov, 26
* Svetlana Sergeevna Klochkova, 26
* Dimitri Valerevich Khmelevsky, 26
* Tatiana Sergeevna Gromova, 26
* Irina Andreevna Orleansky, 27
* Maxim Sergeevich Nyoke, 27
* Alina Nikolaevna Gaydamak, 27
* Yevgenia Andreevna Evgrafova, 27
* Alexey Mikhailovich Gromov, 27
* Anna Andreevna Tishinskaya, 27
* Mikhail Andreevich Fedorkov, 27
* Artem Napolenovich Vishnev, 27
* Julia Yurievna Maslennikova, 27
* Tatiana Vasilievna Mokievskaya, 27
* Anna Vladimirovna Volzhenkova, 28
* Alexandra Ivanovna Illarionova, 28
* Mariana Vinnik, 28
* Roman Anatolievich Seredinsky, 28
* Elvira Alexandrovna Voskresenskaya, 28
* Yevgenia Valeryevna Vinogradskaya, 28
* Stanislav Vasilievich Sviridov, 28, crew member
* Leonid Valerievich Gordin, 28
* Anastasia Andreevna Tikhomirova, 28
* Maria Andreevna Shishkina, 28
* Natalya Sergeevna Danilova, 28
* Andrei Vitalievich Belomestnov, 28, crew member
* Roman Anatolievich Pulyanov, 29
* Elena Vladimirovna Zhimalenkova, 29
* Irina Sergeevna Sokolova, 29
* Anna Viktorovna Zorkina, 29
* Natalia Vladimirovna Kuznetsova, 29
* Dimitri Sergeevich Orleansky, 30
* Olga Alexandrovna Sheina, 30
* Elena Valeryevna Kononirova, 30
* Svetlana Viktorovna Krylov, 30
* Olga Kirillova, 30
* Anna Valeryevna Zorkina, 31
* Ekaterina Sergeevna Murashova, 31
* Vladislav Igorevich Movchanov, 31
* Alexei Sergeevich Alekseev, 31
* Nikolai Nikolaevich Volkov, 32
* Darya Viktorovna Schiller, 32
* Anatoly Sergeevich Kiselev, 32
* Valeria Valerievna Volkova, 32
* Sergei Evgenevich Zhimalenkov
* Tatyana Ivanovna Yasmenko, 32
* Dimitri Vladimirovich Jilin, 32
* Xenia Alexandrovna Ogorodova, 33
* Ekaterina Nikolaevna Kozhemyakova, 33
* Timur Maratovich Miller, 33
* Mikhail Yurievich Krylov, 33
* Denis Nikolayevich Glidyaev, 33
* Elene Nikolaevna Krotov, 34
* Alexei Nikolaevich Tikhomirov, 34
* Ilya Vladimirovich Osipov, 35
* Alexander Arkadevich Vetlugin, 35
* Andrey Yurievich Gorbatenko, 35
* Olga Victorovna Shulginova, 35
* Alexander Viktorovich Gavrikov, 35
* Tatyana Aleksandrovna Fedorova, 35
* Natalia Mikhailovna Vetlugina, 36
* Evgeny Vladimirovich Shulginov, 36
* Alexander Alexeevich Krotov, 36
* Alexei Andreevich Semakov, 36
* Irina Sergeevna Vitaleva, 37
* Igor Gennadievich Mikhailov, 37
* Valentina Petrovna Martsevich, 38, crew member
* Irina Mikhailovna Sharov, 38
* Alexander Sergeevich Alexandrov, 38
* Yuri Shein, 38
* Lubov Nikolayevna Mozgina, 39
* Natalia Vladimirovna Sayapin, 39
* Leonid Vartanovich Mnatsakanov, 39
* Oksana Alexandrovna Semakova, 40
* Pavel Vladimirovich Saveliev, 40
* Maria Valentinovna Podlevskaya, 40
* Lyudmila Viktorovna Kim, 40
* Andrei Nikolaevich Tymoshenko, 40
* Elena Vladimirovna Fedorova, 40
* Nadezhda Vladimirovna Ponomareva, 41
* Maria Vladimirovna Maksimov, 41
* Elena Vladimirovna Moiseyev, 41
* Olga Victorovna Kalinin, 41
* Olga Alexandrovna Pavlova, 42
* Ekaterina Ivanovna Mykolaiv, 42
* Irina Valentinovna Zavgorodnyaya, 42
* Julia Borisovna Gerasina, 42
* Mikhail Evgenevich Akimov, 42
* Irina Vladimirovna Usatova, 43
* Nina Valerievna Golubeva, 43
* Elena Evgevievna Galanova, 43
* Oksana Alekseevna Kharitonova, 44
* Natalia Victorovna Shurko, 44
* Marina Alexandrovna Ivleva, 44
* Elena Vladimirovna Jorgen, 44
* Rimma Askhatovna Dobrica, 44
* Andrei Vladimirovich Dobrica, 44
* Leonid Nikolaevich Kharitonov, 44
* Victoria Yuryevna Golenkova, 45
* Elizaveta Alexandrovna Yavsina, 45
* Alexei Viktorovich Sayapin, 45
* Sergey Stanislavovich Trukhachev, 45, co-pilot
* Elena Vladimirovna Tomina, 46
* Dmitry Evgeneich Bogdanov, 46
* Elena Borisovna Dudchenko, 46
* Captain Valery Yurievich Nemov, 47
* Alexandra Fedorovna Pilip, 47
* Irina Alexandrovna Kovaleva, 48
* Anton Kochkin, 48
* Julia Nikolaevna Volkova, 48
* Elena Ruslanovna Khusainova, 48
* Tatyana Vladimirovna Kurbatov, 48
* Vladimir Lvovich Golenkov, 48
* Evgeny Alexandrovich Brulo, 48
* Maria Vyacheslavovna Brulo, 48
* Irina Leonidovna Smirnova, 49
* Marina Vladimirovna Volkova, 49
* Alexander Petrovich Semenov, 49
* Elena Gaydamak, 50
* Andrew Vladimirovich Amosov, 50
* Natalia Anatolievna Sagdatullina, 51
* Elena Anatolievna Pukhayeva, 52
* Nelya Vladimirovna Pyatochenko, 52
* Lyubov Vladimirovna Kozlova, 52
* Irina Gennadievna Pavlova, 52
* Margarita Arkadevna Simanova, 53
* Natalya Anatolyevna Osipova, 53
* Elena Mikhailovna Melnikov, 53
* Victor Anatolievich Anisimov, 53
* Svetlana Yakovlevna Dudochkina, 53
* Pavel Vladimirovich Baglaev, 54
* Tatyana Leonidovna Panina, 55
* Galina Fedorovna Terekhina, 55
* Yuriy Nikolayevich Smirnov, 55
* Natalia Nikolaevna Rostenko, 56
* Irina Georgievna Pikaleva, 56
* Alla Ivanova Radlevich, 56
* Marina Nikolaevna Vasilyeva, 57
* Svetlana Nikolaevna Prusakova, 57
* Lyudmilia Nikolayevna Gomechko, 57
* Galina Vladimirovna Ivanyuk, 57
* Lubov Vasilievna Kazak, 57
* Tatyana Mikhailovna Solovieva, 58
* Gennady Alexeevich Sergeev, 59
* Alexander Mikhailovich Radlevich, 59
* Alexander Konstantinovich Butkevich, 60
* Nina Vasilievna Lushchenko, 60
* Valentina Stepanova Mikhailukova, 60
* Irina Vyacheslavovna Kurkayedov, 60
* Lyudmila Alekseevna Korenko, 61
* Larisa Feodorovna Tarasova, 61
* Galina Nikolaevna Zamolotova, 62
* Alexander Petrovich Tarasov, 62
* Elena Vladimirovna Sergeeva, 62
* Alexander Mikhailovich Kopylov, 62
* Sofia Petrovna Sergeeva, 62
* Lyudmila Yurevna Skorodumova, 62
* Irina Nikolayevna Ishchenko, 62
* Nina Nikolaevna Dunayeva, 62
* Tatiana Ivanonva Grechkina, 63
* Tatyana Vladislavovna Smolenkova, 63
* Evgenia Ivanovna Kalinina, 64
* Viktor Alexandrovich Skorodumov, 64
* Alexei Vladimirovich Sergeev, 64
* Tatyana Viktorovna Dementich, 64
* Margarita Yakovlevna Anikeeva, 66
* Galina Nikolaevna Bespalova, 66
* Aleksander Dunaev, 68
* Vera Ivanovna Lapshina, 69
* Vera Vasilievna Smirnova, 74
* Nadezhda Alexandrovna Bashakova, 77
* Iraida Alexandrovna Ivanova, 77