The bodies of more than 160 people killed in a plane crash in Egypt have been flown home to Russia.

They arrived in St Petersburg - where the Metrojet airbus was due to arrive before it came down above the Sinai desert on Saturday.

All 224 people on board were killed.

Russian investigators say the plane broke up mid-air - but it's too early to determine why.

Irish Air Accident investigators will travel to Cairo today to assist in the examination of the plane, which was registered in Ireland.

Outside St Petersburg airport locals are paying their respects at a shrine to the people who lost their lives: