“We cannot be certain that the Russian airliner was brought down by a terrorist bomb, but it looks increasingly likely that that was the case,” Cameron said in a conference on Thursday with his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. “We are working intensively together in the spirit of close cooperation and I’m immensely grateful for all the efforts the Egyptian authorities have made so far,” he also said, according to a video of his remarks.
On Thursday, Russian and Egyptian officials said the “speculation” on the plane crash is harming the investigation, reported the BBC.
Russian officials have not ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack.
As for the United States, an unnamed official said the Airbus A321 plane crashed probably because a bomb was planted on it.
“There is a definite feeling it was an explosive device planted in luggage or somewhere on the plane,” the official told CNN’s Barbara Starr on Nov. 4.
Their comments come as thousands of Britons are stranded in Sharm al-Sheikh. Planes have been sent from the U.K. to the area to bring them back, but it could take longer than a week to get it done.
On Wednesday, ISIS released a propaganda video with militants speaking in Arabic and Russian. They threatened to carry out more attacks against Russian assets, which would be done in response to the air campaign over Syria that started in late September.
A fighter praises the terrorists in Sinai who carried out the alleged plane attack, calling Russian President Vladimir Putin “the swine.”
Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 took off from the Sharm airport on Saturday morning. About 20 minutes after takeoff, the plane lost contact after reaching an altitude of 31,000 feet. The plane was filled with mainly Russian passengers traveling to St. Petersburg.
