Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu; Chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff Vladimir Gerasimov; Mikhail Fradkov, head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, and Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev took part in an extraordinary meeting on Friday.
Alexander Bortnikov, head of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee and director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), explained that the meeting was taking place as part of investigation into the Kogalymavia’s plane crash over the Sinai Peninsula to work out additional air traffic safety measures.
Russian Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said that Russian experts had taken wipe samples from all the plane fragments and passengers’ luggage to trace possible explosives. "The necessary samples have been taken from all the elements where traces of explosives can be found. All these samples have been delivered to Moscow where they are being studied and analyzed by top class experts with the help of state of the art modern equipment. I can tell you with full responsibility that if there are traces of explosives, they will be found without fail," Puchkov said adding that all the findings would be published.
The National Anti-Terrorist Committee will work out additional air traffic safety measures following the Russian plane crash in Egypt, Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), said.
"Today we are holding an extraordinary meeting of the committee on the investigation of the Kogalymavia plane crash above Sinai [peninsula] in order to outline additional air traffic security measures," Bortnikov told a meeting of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee.
All the agencies concerned that have joined the probe should continue investigating the crash causes. "We should receive absolutely objective and confirmed data concerning what caused the plane crash. It is necessary both for the needs of investigation and for informing the public. The investigation should be thorough and should last for as long as it is necessary," Bortnikov stressed.
"So long as we do not establish the true causes of what happened, I think it would be reasonable to stop Russian aviation flights to Egypt. It concerns tourism in the first place," Bortnikov said.
He also called for active interaction with the Egyptian authorities in joint investigation into the plane crash causes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed with Interstate Aviation Committee recommendations to suspend air links with Egypt until the causes of the A321 plane crash have been identified, presidential press-secretary Dmitry Peskov has told the media.
He said FSB Head Alexander Bortnikov had briefed the president on these recommendations after an IAC meeting on Friday............http://tass.ru/en/politics/834509
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Kremlin says flight suspension doesn't mean crash was terrorist act...
ReplyDeleteRussia's decision to suspend flights to Egypt does not mean a Russian airliner crash on Saturday was caused by a terrorist attack, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
Flights will be suspended until the required level of industry safety has been reached by working with Cairo, Peskov added.
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Russia does not have evidence confirming media reports that an explosion could have occurred on Russian A321 passenger plane prior to crash in Sinai that killed all 224 people on board, a Russian source close to investigation said Friday...
ReplyDeleteFrance 2 television reported earlier on Friday, citing an unnamed investigator, that a voice recorder data from Kogalymavia's ill-fated Flight 7K9268 indicates a mid-flight explosion that was not related to engine failure.
"It is premature to establish the nature of these sounds, especially to claim that they are related to an explosion…We do not have such data," the source at the Russian team at the Egypt-led commission on A321 investigation told RIA Novosti.
"We will ask the French and the Egyptians to provide concrete data that supports their assumptions," the source said.
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Ägyptische Ermittler haben noch keine Version von Absturz russischer A321..
ReplyDeleteÄgyptische Ermittler haben noch keine Version für die Absturzursache einer russischen Passagiermaschine A321 über der Sinai-Halbinsel. Das teilte Ägyptens Außenminister Sameh Schukri am Samstag nach Angaben der Nachrichtenagentur AFP mit.
Kairo schließe keine Version aus, räume aber keiner davon Priorität ein, sagte der Minister. Indes gehen mehrere westliche Experten davon aus, dass die Maschine durch eine Explosion an Bord zum Absturz gebracht wurde. Die russische Seite behauptet, es gebe bislang keine stichhaltigen Beweise für einen Bombenanschlag.
Ein Airbus A321 der russischen Fluggesellschaft Kogalymavia (Metrojet) war am 31. Oktober aus bislang noch ungeklärter Ursache im Norden der Sinai-Halbinsel abgestürzt. An Bord der von Sharm el Sheikh nach St. Petersburg fliegenden Maschine befanden sich 217 Passagiere und 7 Besatzungsmitglieder. Niemand überlebte. Das war das schlimmste Flugzeugunglück in der Geschichte der sowjetischen und der russischen Luftfahrt.
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