What is Metrojet Flight 9268?
'''Metrojet Flight 9268''' ('''KGL 9268'''/'''7K9268''') was an international chartered [[passenger]] [[flight]]. On 31 October 2015, it left [[Sharm el-Sheikh]], [[Egypt]] flying to [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34687139 |title=Sinai plane crash: No survivors on Russian airliner KGL9268 |date=31 October 2013 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> The plane exploded mid-flight due to a bomb and crashed in the [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai desert]] 23 minutes after taking-off, killing all 217 passengers and 7 crew members aboard.<ref name=SkyN>{{cite web |url=http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/10/31/what-happened-to-flight-kgl-9268.html |title=What happened to Flight KGL-9268 |date=31 October 2015 |website=Sky News |access-date=31 October 2015 |archive-date=2 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102052738/http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/10/31/what-happened-to-flight-kgl-9268.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{Infobox aircraft occurrence | name = Metrojet Flight 9268 | image = File:Metrojet Airbus A321-231 EI-ETJ.jpg | image_upright = 1.2 | image_size = 302px | alt = | caption = EI-ETJ, the aircraft involved, seen in June 2015 | occurrence_type = Bombing | date = {{start date|2015|10|31|df=y}} | summary = Terrorist bombing by Islamic State's Sinai Branch | site = Near Housna, [[North Sinai Governorate]], Egypt | coordinates = {{Coord|30|10|9|N|34|10|22|E|type:event_region:EG-SIN|display=it}} | aircraft_type = [[Airbus A321-231]] | aircraft_name = | operator = [[Metrojet]] | IATA = 7K9268 | ICAO = KGL9268 | callsign = KOGALYM 9268 | tail_number = EI-ETJ | origin = [[Sharm El Sheikh International Airport]], [[Sinai Peninsula]], Egypt | stopover = | destination = [[Pulkovo Airport]], [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia | occupants = 224 | passen