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Kogalymavia airline rules out technical malfunction or mistake of pilots of plane that crashed in Sinai

Kogalymavia airline rules out technical malfunction or mistake of pilots of plane that crashed in Sinai

Kogalymavia top management rules out a technical fault or a mistake by pilots of the A321 plane as possible causes of its crash, the deputy CEO of the airline for flight operation, Alexander Smirnov, told reporters.

"We rule out completely a technical malfunction of the aircraft or a mistake of its pilots," he said.

However, he said that "it was an out-of-control flight" in the last minutes before the crash.

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