Russian Plane Crash in Sinai, Possibly from a Bomb

[John Nada]

Intelligence suggests the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board may have been brought down by a bomb, US and UK officials say.

But they say they have yet to reach a formal conclusion.

Britain earlier suspended flights to and from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, from where the flight had departed.

Egypt has dismissed claims by militants linked to Islamic State (IS) that they brought down the plane.

Russian experts say it is too early to say.

Separately on Wednesday, Egyptian officials said the cockpit voice recorder of the Metrojet Airbus 321 was badly damaged in the crash.

However, they managed to extract information from the flight data recorder which is ready to be analysed by investigators, Egypt's Civil Aviation Minister Mohamed Hossam Kamal said.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34728901

[ACME_MAN]

Intelligence info I have come across indicated that the plane was taken down by a British-made missile that was launched by 2 Blackwater employees. They fled to Yemen and were subsequently captured by a Russian special forces squad.

[MarxSchmarx]

Intelligence info I have come across indicated that the plane was taken down by a British-made missile that was launched by 2 Blackwater employees. They fled to Yemen and were subsequently captured by a Russian special forces squad.

Ummm.. care to offer a source? Without that I'm rather incredulous this is how it played out

[khad]

Why isn't this thread being closed for baseless speculation?

[BIXX]

Yeah open paris thread