224 : On October 31 , 2015 , an Airbus A321-231 , Metrojet Flight 9268 , crashed in the Sinai Peninsula after departing Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport , Egypt , en route to Pulkovo Airport , Saint Petersburg , Russia . All 217 passengers and 7 crewmembers were killed . A branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for bringing down the jet , and a Russian investigation concluded that a bomb was detonated inside the plane at a high altitude
Metrojet Flight 9268
Metrojet Flight 9268
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