"We cannot say what version of a possible cause of the crash will be a basis of the investigation," Dmitry Peskov said asked by reporters about the possibility of the terrorist attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is constantly being briefed with information on the A-321 passenger jet that crashed on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula over the weekend, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
“The volume of work completed has been huge, and the president has naturally been receiving all information on a constant basis of what has happened and what his happening right now,” Peskov told journalists.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, who has just returned from Egypt, to receive the latest updates on the fatal crash of the A-321 passenger jet that crashed on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
“The president will most likely meet for an hour with Transport Minister Sokolov, who is also heading the state committee on the plane. Early in the morning, Sokolov returned from Egypt and will give the president his report on the catastrophe,” Peskov said.
A Russian Kogalymavia Airbus A-321 passenger airliner, with 217 passengers and seven crew members on board, crashed in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on Saturday, leaving no survivors.
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'External influence' caused Sinai crash...
ReplyDeleteThe Russian airline Kogalymavia has blamed "external influence" for Saturday's Sinai plane crash which killed 224 people.
A senior airline official said: "The only reasonable explanation is that it was [due to] external influence."
An investigation by aviation experts using data from the aircraft's "black boxes" has yet to give its conclusions.
A Kremlin spokesman has warned against speculation as to the possible causes of the crash.
"We cannot exclude any version. The investigation is only beginning. We do not know yet what its main focus will be," he told the BBC.
At a news conference in Moscow, the deputy director of the airline, which was later renamed Metrojet, ruled out a technical fault and pilot error.
"The only [explanation] for the plane to have been destroyed in mid-air can be specific impact, purely mechanical, physical influence on the aircraft," Alexander Smirnov said.
"There is no such combination of failures of systems which could have led to the plane disintegrating in the air," he added..............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34697416
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