Here's when fatal airplane accidents happen
Kogalymavia flight 9268 from the Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, Russia crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing all 224 people on board.
The flight, an Airbus A321 flying under the brand name Metrojet, reportedly broke up in the air.
"The destruction happened in the air, and fragments were scattered over a large area of around 20 square kilometers," said Viktor Sorochenko, director of the Intergovernmental Aviation Committee.
While commercial airliner accidents represent extremely rare tragedies in air travel, they are nevertheless reminders of the risks people take when traveling by plane.
Reuters put together this graphic illustrating when during the flight accidents occurred for commercial airliner events since 2005. 48% of them occurred during the final approach and landing stages of the flight.
