Russian plane crash: state of bodies suggests mid-air explosion
Cockpit recordings reveal "uncharacteristic sounds" in final moments of disaster in Sinai which killed 224 people. Here's how we reported the day's events • Crew did not have time to send a distress signal, reports suggest Splits have emerged between Russia and Egypt as Cairo rejected Russian investigators’ conclusion that a Metrojet airliner had broken up in mid-air before crashing. Four days into the investigation into the fate of Flight 7K9268, the Egyptian government said there was no evidence to support claims by Russian officials that the Airbus A321 “broke up in the air”.