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President Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak over the crash of an Egyptian passenger airliner that took many lives

January 3, 2004

The message said, in part:

“Please accept our deep condolences over the tragic plane crash and convey our most sincere sympathies to the families and friends of the victims.”

An Egyptian Boeing-737 passenger plane on a charter flight from Sharm al-Sheikh to Cairo crashed today in the Red Sea, killing 148 passengers and crew members, most of them French.

January 3, 2004