Russian passenger plane missing after departing Egypt, sources say

A Russian plane with 212 passengers aboard went missing
Saturday, shortly after taking off from the Egyptian Red Sea town of
Sharm al-Sheikh, dpa cited Egyptian aviation authority sources as saying.
"Minutes after its take-off, we lost control with the plane, bound
for an airport in federal Russia," an aviation official said.
He added that all the passengers aboard were Russian holidaymakers.
"Research and rescue forces have been sent to the area where contact
with the aircraft was lost," the official added on condition of
anonymity.
"We are trying to determine the cause of losing contact with it."