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UK Not Ruling Out Crashed Russian Airliner Brought Down by Explosive Device

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Britain is not ruling out that a Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt was brought down by an explosive device.

Debris belonging to the A321 Russian airliner are seen at the site of the crash in Wadi el-Zolmat, a mountainous area in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on November 1, 2015. International investigators began probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board, as rescue workers widened their search for missing victims. - Sputnik International
Data From A321 Flight Data Recorder ‘Extracted, Validated’
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The United Kingdom is suspending all flights leaving Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh for the country amid concerns that the Russian plane, crashed in Egypt last week, was downed by an explosive device, a 10 Downing Street spokesperson said Wednesday.

"In light of this and as a precautionary measure we have decided that flights due to leave Sharm for the UK this evening will be delayed," the spokesperson said, as quoted by the City AM newspaper.

"While the investigation is still ongoing we cannot say categorically why the Russian jet crashed. But as more information has come to light we have become concerned that the plane may well have been brought down by an explosive device."

However, earlier in the day, the Egypt-led commission investigating the crash of a Russian airliner in the Sinai Peninsula said that all speculations concerning the cause of the catastrophe were not based on any concrete evidence.

Flight recorders of Russian A321 plane that crashed in Sinai - Sputnik International
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Analysis of Black Box Recorders Says Engine Explosion Caused A321 Crash
On October 31, an Airbus A321 operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia crashed while flying from Sharm El-Sheikh to St. Petersburg. All 224 people on board were killed.

Egypt is leading the investigation, as the crash took place on its territory, according to Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov. The country-operator of the aircraft (Russia) will also take part in the probe. The country of registration of the aircraft (Ireland) and the manufacturer country (France) are also participating in the investigation.

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