Initial examination shows plane crashed due to technical fault - sources

CAIRO An initial examination of the crash site showed that a Russian passenger plane crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula due to a technical fault, security sources in North Sinai said.

About 150 bodies, including burnt corpses, were found in a 5 km (3.1 miles) radius from the crashed aircraft, the sources said. The plane fell vertically, which led to large parts of it burning, the sources added.

(Reporting by Yusri Mohamed; Writing by Ahmed Aboulenein)