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People from coming forward and stow far,. Today, president obama weighed in on the suspicion that a bomb brought down that russian jetliner over the weekend. More than 200 people were killed. David martin has the latest. Reporter in his first Public Comment about the crash, president obama told a radio interviewer it could have been terrorism. I think there is a possibility that there was a bomb. On board. And were taking that very seriously. Reporter the president stressed there is no evidence and nothing from the flight data recorders and nothing from the wreckage to confirm the bomb theory. Its based on heat fleshes detected by a u. S. Sat slight at the moment it plane went down. Images, which are consistent wan explosion or do not identify the cause. Isis has publicly claimed responsibility for bringing the plane down without offering any proof to back up the claim. U. S. Intelligence has intercepted communications in which members of isis are talking about the crash as if they had
The moment it plane went down. Images, which are consistent wan explosion or do not identify the cause. Isis has publicly claimed responsibility for bringing the plane down without offering any proof to back up the claim. U. S. Intelligence has intercepted communications in which members of isis are talking about the crash as if they had something to do with it but that could just be bogus bragging. And the other possibility, a mechanical failure has not been ruled out. And scott. David, thank you. So, what are the likely clues . From the air its clear much that he will rir get a fw reading by swabbing hit the. We went over video from the crash steen. He says it appeared the tail broke off before being engulfed in flames. You look at the edges to see how they came apart from the main part of the fusal lodge. Did it look like there was a trackture. It did look like there was a structural it formty. And in the days after it was shot down in ukrain, our Marc Phillips was able to see clear
Note today, president obama weighed in on the suspicion that a bomb brought down that russian jet liner over the weekend. More than 200 people were killed. David martin has the latest. Reporter in his first Public Comment about the crash, president obama told a radio interviewer, it could have been terrorism. I think there is a possibility that there was a bomb. On board. And were taking that very seriously. Reporter the president stressed there is as of yet, no firm evidence. Nothing from the flight data recorders and nothing from the wreckage to confirm the bomb theory. Its based on heat flashes detected by the u. S. Satellite at the time the plane went down. One flash followed by three more as it fell to earth. Theyre consistent with a explosion but do not identify the cause. Isis has claimed responsibility without proof to back up the claim. United states has intercepted members talking about it like they did it but it could just be bogus bragging. U. S. Intelligence now agrees wit