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

Graphic shows possible location of the bomb and device that the Islamic State group claims was the improvised bomb that brought down the Russian airliner
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Bomb in Russian plane placed in main cabin

By Jordi Bou

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.

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PUBLISHED: 19/11/2015; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Social Media
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