Russian airline whose Airbus plane crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board has a chequered history including another fatal accident

And not paying its staff for 2 months
The Russian airline whose Airbus plane crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board has a chequered history including another fatal accident and has not paid its staff for two months.

Kogalymavia -- which flies charter flights to popular destinations such as Turkey and Egypt -- on Monday blamed "external" factors for the crash and said its jet was in "excellent" condition.

But the firm -- which started out in 1993 transporting oil workers in provincial Russia and now boasts nine Airbus planes -- is no stranger to tragedy.


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