Probably an act of murderTHE wreckage of the Russian airliner that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula on October 31st, killing all 224 people on board, is strewn over more than two miles of desert. Investigators are still searching the twisted metal for clues to what brought the plane down. But others in America and Britain have already reached a conclusion, pointing to a bomb as the likely cause. Some anonymous American officials, while still unsure, are fingering Islamic State (IS) as the culprit.
A more definitive verdict on the crash will take time, as investigators sort through the plane’s data recorders, known as black boxes, one of which (containing the cockpit audio) was damaged. The other (containing flight data) reportedly indicates an explosion in or near one of the engines, but provides no cause. Investigators have not been helped by the one group claiming responsibility for the attack, the local IS affiliate in Sinai. “Prove we didn’t do it or how it was downed,” challenges the group.
On November 4th Britain, the first country to say it suspected a bomb, suspended all flights to and from Sharm...Continue reading
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