6 November 2015, 16:53 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia does not have evidence confirming media reports that an explosion could have occurred on Russian A321 passenger plane prior to crash in Sinai that killed all 224 people on board, a Russian source close to investigation said Friday.
France 2 television reported earlier on Friday, citing an unnamed investigator, that a voice recorder data from Kogalymavia's ill-fated Flight 7K9268 indicates a mid-flight explosion that was not related to engine failure.
"It is premature to establish the nature of these sounds, especially to claim that they are related to an explosion…We do not have such data," the source at the Russian team at the Egypt-led commission on A321 investigation told RIA Novosti.
"We will ask the French and the Egyptians to provide concrete data that supports their assumptions," the source said.
