Russia confirmed that the crash of its plane in Sinai was caused by a terrorist incident
By Akram Medhat - Travel Yalla journalist
The Egyptian government announced that the relevant Russian authorities had informed it of the results of the investigations they carried out into the crash of the Russian plane on October 31, just 23 minutes after it took off from Sharm El-Sheikh Airport. The investigations involved the criminal investigation team of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, which visited Egypt immediately after the incident.
The Arab Republic of Egypt appreciates the pain felt by the friendly Russian people as a result of the tragic crash of the Russian plane in Sinai.
The relevant Egyptian authorities stress, according to a statement issued by the Cabinet, that they will take into account the findings reached by the Russian side as soon as they are received, by including them in the comprehensive investigation carried out by the committee formed of all international parties concerned with the incident, in preparation for taking the necessary action in accordance with international rules on aviation accident investigations to complete the necessary procedures.
Egypt stressed its full cooperation with the Russian side in eliminating terrorism and in intensifying international participation and cooperation in this regard.
The Russian authorities had announced a short while ago that they had confirmed, based on the investigations they conducted and information from their security services, that the cause of the crash of the Russian civilian plane in central Sinai was a terrorist act, through a bomb that caused it to explode in the air about 23 minutes after it took off from Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport, and it fell in central Sinai. All the plane's Russian passengers and its crew, 224 people, were killed in the incident.
