Bomb in Russian plane
placed in main cabin
A bomb that downed a Russian plane in Egypt in October had been placed in the aircraft’s main cabin, rather than the cargo compartment as initially reported
Epicentre of explosion indicates bomb was placed under passenger
window seat near tail section, according to Russian media citing
unnamed source close to crash investigation
One-metre hole with edges turned
out reportedly discovered in
fragment of fuselage
Explosion would have caused
decompression and break up
of plane in mid-air
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
100km
60 miles
Photo of Schweppes Gold soda can
published in Islamic State magazine
Dabiq. Group claims improvised
device was smuggled on to plane
at Sharm el-Sheikh airport
Unclear if bomb was detonated
Cairo
via timer, manually, or by
barometric device capable of
triggering explosion when plane
reached certain altitude
Sinai
Peninsula
EGYPT
Russia says device equivalent
to 1kg of TNT brought down
Metrojet Airbus 321, killing
all 224 people on board
Sharm
el-Sheikh
RED SEA
Picture: Social Media
© GRAPHIC NEWS
Bomb in Russian plane
placed in main cabin
A bomb that downed a Russian plane in Egypt in October had been placed in the aircraft’s main cabin, rather than the cargo compartment as initially reported
Epicentre of explosion indicates bomb was
placed under passenger window seat near
tail section, according to Russian media citing
unnamed source close to crash investigation
One-metre hole
with edges
turned out
reportedly
discovered
in fragment
of fuselage
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
Cairo
Sinai
Peninsula
Explosion
would have
caused
decompression
and break up
of plane
in mid-air
EGYPT
Sharm
el-Sheikh
100km
60 miles
RED SEA
Photo of Schweppes Gold soda can published in
Islamic State magazine Dabiq. Group claims
improvised device was smuggled on to plane
at Sharm el-Sheikh airport
Unclear if bomb was detonated via timer,
manually, or by barometric device capable
of triggering explosion when plane reached
certain altitude
Russia says device equivalent to 1kg of TNT
brought down Metrojet Airbus 321, killing
all 224 people on board
Picture: Social Media
© GRAPHIC NEWS
Bomb in Russian
plane placed
in main cabin
A bomb that downed a Russian plane in Egypt in October had been placed in the aircraft’s main cabin, rather than the cargo compartment as initially reported
Epicentre of explosion indicates
bomb was placed under passenger
window seat near tail section,
according to Russian media citing
unnamed source close to
crash investigation
One-metre hole with edges
turned out reportedly discovered
in fragment of fuselage
Explosion would have caused
decompression and break up
of plane in mid-air
Photo of Schweppes Gold
soda can published in Islamic
State magazine Dabiq. Group
claims improvised device was
smuggled on to plane at
Sharm el-Sheikh airport
Unclear if bomb was detonated
via timer, manually, or by
barometric device capable of
triggering explosion when plane
reached certain altitude
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
100km
60 miles
Cairo
Sinai
Peninsula
EGYPT
Sharm
el-Sheikh
RED SEA
Russia says device equivalent
to 1kg of TNT brought down
Metrojet Airbus 321, killing
all 224 people on board
Picture: Social Media
© GRAPHIC NEWS
AVIATION
Bomb in Russian plane placed in main cabin
November 19, 2015 - A bomb that downed a Russian plane in Egypt in October had been placed in the aircraft’s main cabin, rather than the cargo compartment as initially reported. The epicentre of the explosion indicates that the device was placed under a passenger window seat, near the tail section, according to Russian media citing unnamed source close to crash investigation.