Report: Investigators Studying Black Boxes are Convinced Bomb Brought Russian Plane Down

By Published on November 6, 2015

European investigators who analyzed the two flight recorders from the Metrojet plane that went down Saturday in Egypt are categorically saying the crash is not an accident, CNN affiliate France 2 reports. The investigators said the cockpit voice recorder shows an explosion and the flight data recorder confirms that the explosion is not accidental — there is no sign of mechanical malfunction during the initial part of the flight, France 2 reported. Everything is fine during the first 24 minutes, then in a fraction of a second there is a blackout and no more cockpit conversation, convincing investigators there was a bomb on board, according to France 2.

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