ISIS has claimed responsibility for destroying a
Russian passenger jet in response to Vladimir Putin's decision to bomb Jihadi
targets in Syria, although both Moscow and Egypt have denied any possible
terrorism link.
The aircraft, which had 200 adult passengers, 17
children and seven crew crashed less than 25 minutes after it took off from the
Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
The Irish-owned aircraft was leased by a Russian
airline who were carrying package holiday passengers back to St Peterburg in
northern Russia.
It crashed in the Hassana area, south of Arish.
Security forces discovered the crash wreckage in a remote mountainous area in a
region containing many ISIS-affiliated terrorists.
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| Grieving friends relatives have begun arriving at St Petersburg airport awaiting further news about the disaster from airline officials |
Egyptian sources are claiming that wreckage has been
spread over a three-mile area while an ISIS-affiliate has tried to claim
responsibility for the disaster.
According to the statement: 'The soldiers of the
caliphate succeeded in bringing down a Russian plane in Sinai.' However,
Russian transport ministry sources dismissed the claim suggesting 'they cannot
be accurate'.
Most of the bodies recovered from the crash site
have been burned. At the time, the aircraft would have been carrying a very
heavy fuel load.
Ayman al-Mugadem of the Aviation Incidents Committee
said the pilot warned air traffic controllers that aircraft had developed 'a
technical problem’ and he needed to land as soon as possible.
According to radar data, the aircraft was descending
at more than 6,000 feet per minute shortly before the impact.
source:dailymail
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