FSB experts clarified the circumstances of the explosion on board A321

The plane of Kogalymavia airline, which suffered a catastrophe over Sinai, was blown up by a small power bomb, made on the basis of foreign explosives similar to a similar plate. According to Kommersant, this conclusion was reached by FSB experts. According to experts, the bomb was laid under one of the chairs at the end of the cabin on the right side. The explosion in the aircraft building, which was at that moment in the process of setting a height, broke a hole about a meter with a diameter, which led to the so -called explosive depressurization that caused the destruction of the aircraft.

The source of the publication clarified that Russian experts could not take out any suspicions of the details and fragments of the liner from the scene of the disaster, since this contradicted the international rules for the investigation of the aircraft. However, the luggage and personal belongings of the liner passengers were delivered to Russia, as well as the washing and scrapings from some parts of the aircraft, on which traces of explosives were subsequently discovered.

At the same time, the sources found it difficult to report why the Investigative Committee has not yet opened a criminal case of a terrorist attack (Article 205 of the Criminal Code), and all studies are conducted as part of an investigation of violations of the rules for the operation of transport and the provision of services that do not meet the requirements of security (Article 263 and Article 238 of the Criminal Code). Officially, in the UK, they are still refraining from comments, and informally say that the objective data necessary for retraining the criminal case has not yet been received from the FSB.

On the eve of Egypt, a report was published following a preliminary investigation conducted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. It states that there is no evidence that the disaster of the Russian liner A321 over Sinai is caused by a terrorist attack or other criminal actions. "The technical investigation commission has not yet discovered anything indicating illegal interference or terrorist attack," the agency said.

The report of the Egyptian authorities was commented by the press secretary of the president Dmitry Peskov. "I can remind you of the conclusion of our experts of the relevant special services who came to the conclusion that it was a terrorist attack," he said.

The aircraft flying from Sharm Esh-Sheikh to Petersburg crashed in the morning on October 31 near the airport of the city of El-Arysh in Sinai. There were 217 passengers on board, of which 24 children, and seven crew members. All of them died. This is the largest disaster in the history of Russian and Soviet civil aviation. Among the dead were four citizens of Ukraine and one - Belarus. The rest of the passengers and crew members were Russians.

A few days later, assumptions about the attack were made. On November 4, representatives of the American and British intelligence services stated that the crash of the liner could be caused by an explosion of a bomb on board.

On November 6, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to suspend Russian aviation flights to Egypt until the causes of the A321 disaster will be clarified. He later signed a decree on the suspension of air transportation of citizens from Russia to Egypt. Putin entrusted the government to return Russian citizens and their baggage from Egypt. Tour operators were recommended to refrain from selling vouchers to Egypt.

On November 16, at the meeting, the president was announced that the catastrophe of the Russian a321 liner occurred as a result of a terrorist attack. According to the director of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, traces of explosives of foreign production were discovered on the fragments of the liner.

According to the director of the FSB, the cause of the crash of the A321 was an explosion of a home -made device with a capacity of up to 1 kilogram in TNT equivalent, "as a result of which the" collapse "of the aircraft in the air occurred, which explains the spread of the parts of the aircraft fuselage at a large distance."

For information about those involved in the explosion, a reward of $ 50 million was announced . Putin said that the guilty people will be found and punished.