In a radio interview on Thursday, President Obama said that there was a “possibility” that a terrorist bomb caused the destruction of the Russian Metrojet airliner over the Sinai Peninsula this weekend.
Two unnamed U.S. officials told the Associated Press on Tuesday that satellite imagery detected heat around the Russian jetliner that broke up over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula this weekend, killing 224 people, possibly indicating a bomb blast or catastrophic engine malfunction.
After Metrojet officials said Monday that the “only possible explanation” for the high-altitude break-up Saturday of a Russian jetliner over the Sinai Peninsula “could be an external impact on the airplane,” American and Russian officials attempted to dampen speculation about a possible terrorist attack, but didn’t…
Metrojet officials announced Monday that the Russian jetliner crash that killed 224 people in the Sinai Peninsula was caused by “an external impact on the plane” that caused it to disintegrate mid-air.
Russia’s top aviation official said Sunday that the Russian jetliner that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people aboard, broke up at a high altitude shortly after takeoff on Saturday, the Associated Press reports.
