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Egypt to Talk Plane Crash on Saturday

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Press conference scheduled for 10 a.m. Eastern.

Egypt will hold a press conference on Saturday regarding last week’s Russian plane crash in the Sinai Peninsula, the government announced Friday. The press conference is scheduled for 5 p.m. Cairo time (10 a.m. Eastern). Egypt’s minister of civil aviation and the chairman of the commission of inquiry into the Metrojet crash will be present. Egypt is leading the investigation, as the crash happened on its territory.