Noise In Last Second Of Doomed Russian Plane

French television channel France 2 reported that the black boxes from the plane “distinctly show the sound of an explosion during the flight”.

British-accented Islamist extremists in Egypt were overheard by a British spy agency celebrating moments after the crash of a Russian passenger plane last week, sparking suspicions among intelligence experts that they may have played a role in the downing of the plane.

Shoukry said Egypt had expected that the technical information used by the Western governments would be shared with Cairo. Ireland has instituted a ban on flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh and in Sinai airspace, in place “until further notice”.

A few US and British officials have speculated that militants may have planted a bomb in the plane’s cargo hold.

Dvorkovich, the head of a government group created last Friday to deal with suspended flights to Egypt, added that a second group was heading to Egypt on Sunday and that a third will be sent later. All 224 people on board the flight – most of whom were Russian holidaymakers – were killed.

Egypt was checking video footage at the airport on Saturday for any suspicious activity linked to the plane crash in Sinai, officials said, the clearest sign yet that they believe it may have been targeted by militants. However, this advisory explicitly did not include the Red Sea coastal resorts of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, instead suggesting exercising caution while there and arriving and departing exclusively by air.

This news comes out a week after the Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed shortly after taking off from Sharm El Sheikh airport.

“The spread of terrorism, which we have for a long time called on our partners to tackle more seriously, did not get through to numerous parties which are now exposed and which are currently working for the interests of their citizens to face this danger”.

The Russians are requesting the Americans’ assistance in analyzing the forensics from the debris of the plane, an Airbus A321-200, to determine what brought it down, the officials said.

Egyptian airport and security officials told The Associated Press on November 7 that authorities were questioning airport staff and ground crew who worked on the plane and had placed a few employees under surveillance.

What the Prime Minister couldn’t say was when the thousands of stranded tourists in Sharm El Sheikh would be brought home as the suspension of flights enters its first full day.It would only happen he said when security at Sharm El Sheikh airport had been stepped up.

The pilot of the Thomson Airways aircraft on August 23 took evasive action after spotting a missile “speeding through the air”, allowing the 189 passengers and crew to land safely, the British newspaper said, without citing a source for the information.

Islamic State extremists have claimed that they brought down the Russian Metrojet flight, with mostly Russian tourists onboard, though they did not offer any proof.