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As to whether or not this may have been a terrorist attack, that is not being dismissed at this stage but there is no evidence that indicate that it was an act of terrorism. all of that being said, there is also no clear explanation as to what brought that plane down. the mystery of what brought down a russian passenger jet, killing all 224 people on board, including at least 25 children, has only deepened. the only thing international investigators seem to agree on is that the airbus a-321, operated by the russian airline metro jet, broke apart in the sky, disintegrating just 23 minutes after takeoff. radar information indicates that at that point early saturday, the plane lost speed and descended rapidly. wreckage spreading over an eight square-mile area in the sinai ....
Cairo. let s bring in richard quest. richard, a lot of these questions will be answered upon discovery and analysis of those black boxes. as you have been investigating, the history of this airline and this aircraft over the last several hours, what have you learned? well, the airline metro jet was rebranded, a rebranded air line of kogalymavia. which is a russian airline. the airline itself has only had two previous incidents. they seem to be fairly minor. however, the aircraft itself, this particular 8321, was involved in a tail strike in 2001 when it was owned or being released by a previous character. apparently shall the damage was substantial. the plane was flying beirut to cairo. as it came into landing, cairo, the tail struck the runway and ....
Operated by the russian airline metro jet departed at dawn from the southern sigh any resort sharm el sheikh. popular along red sea en route to st. petersburg, russia. about 20 minutes into the flight the pilot reported technical difficulties before contact was lost with air traffic controllers. officials say it was flying at a normal cruising altitude just above 30,000 feet when the emergency call was made. it and the plane may have diverted from its intended flight path perhaps trying to make an emergency landing according to egyptian officials, again, before it dropped off the radar. at this point, family members are in st. petersburg at the airport waiting on any new information. we ve also been seeing images of bodies that have been recovered ....