King expresses condolences to Putin over plane crash

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Saturday sent a cable of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the loss of life in a plane crash in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula earlier in the day. 

In the cable, the King expressed his deepest condolences and sympathies to the Russian president and people over the incident, according to a Royal Court statement. 

Egyptian officials say all 224 people — 217 passengers and seven crew members — on the flight were Russian and there were no survivors in Saturday’s crash, according to news agencies.