KABUL: (Middle East Press) The Russian federal security service says that the Russian plane crash in Sinai, Egypt in October, was caused by a terrorist attack as traces of explosives have been found in the wreckage of the plane.
The head of Russia’s FSB security service, Alexander Bortnikov, confirmed on Tuesday that the plane was brought down by a bomb.
“We can say that that [Sinai plane crash] was a terror act,” Bortnikov told Putin. According to the FSB chief, experts analyzed passengers’ belongings as well as the parts of the plane. “After the examination on all these objects, we have found traces of a foreign-made explosive substance,” Bortnikov said.
“During the flight, a homemade device with the power of 1.5 kilograms of TNT was detonated. As a result, the plane fell apart in the air, which can be explained by the huge scattering of the fuselage parts of the plane,” he added.
The announcement was made during a meeting chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a statement published on the Kremlin’s website said.
