Russian plane crash in Egypt: It's too early to determine cause, officials say
- 9 years ago
The airline says technical faults or human errors couldn't have caused Metrojet Flight 9268 to crash.
But Russian officials say it's too soon to tell what made the passenger jet plunge to the ground Saturday, killing all 224 people on board.
Experts agree it's too early to know for certain, and officials have downplayed an apparent claim by Islamic militants that they brought down the Airbus A321-200, saying technical failure is the most likely reason for the crash.
Air traffic controllers apparently didn't receive any distress calls.
"There was nothing abnormal before the plane crash," Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamel said Saturday.
"It suddenly disappeared from the radar."
The website Flightradar24, which tracks aircraft around the world, said it had received data from the Russian plane suggesting sharp changes in altitude and a dramatic decrease in ground speed before the signal was lost.
But Russian officials say it's too soon to tell what made the passenger jet plunge to the ground Saturday, killing all 224 people on board.
Experts agree it's too early to know for certain, and officials have downplayed an apparent claim by Islamic militants that they brought down the Airbus A321-200, saying technical failure is the most likely reason for the crash.
Air traffic controllers apparently didn't receive any distress calls.
"There was nothing abnormal before the plane crash," Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamel said Saturday.
"It suddenly disappeared from the radar."
The website Flightradar24, which tracks aircraft around the world, said it had received data from the Russian plane suggesting sharp changes in altitude and a dramatic decrease in ground speed before the signal was lost.