What we know and do not know On the Russian plane crash

President Vladimir Putin has suspended all flights from Russia to Egypt by plane crash on October 31 that killed 224 people may be identifiable causes. So far, Russia and Egypt played down the possibility of terrorism - even if Britain and the United States said that it was possible to cut off the bomb plane.

Egyptian soldiers gather passenger objects at the crash site. Russian Ministry of Emergencies, via Associated Press

What happened

Charter plane took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, before 6 in the morning and headed St. Petersburg, Russia.

MEDITERRANEAN

Nile Delta

Gaza

ISRAEL

E-emerging

Sinai

JORDAN

Latest radar

contact

Cairo

Suez

The flight path

He was

EGYPT

SAUDI

ARABIA

Nile

Sharm El Sheikh

50 Miles

05:51 flight 9268 takes off from Sharm el-Sheikh and it seems normal to climb to cruising altitude of 32,000 feet.

6:13 am The plane drops suddenly and disappear from the radar.

Height

40,000 feet

20000

0

Local Time

05:52

05:56

06:00

06:04

06:08

06:12

The plane crashed Hassan ", a region in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. The area is a military zone closed to the public with a long rebellion against the government of jihadist groups.

Latest radar

contact

Israel

27 miles

Local low

debris

Suez

100 miles

1 mile

Source: Russian Ministry of Emergencies, via Reuters. Image from DigitalGlobe and CNES / Astrium using Google Earth

Mangled wreckage was spread over eight square mile desert, Victor Sorochenko the Interstate Aviation Committee of the Russian director said. P Sorochenko told reporters that the wide dispersion means that the plane broke up before the pieces fell to the ground.

Russian investigators inspect the crash site debris. Khaled Elfiqi / European Pressphoto Agency

Research Status

From the cause of the accident remains a mystery. President Obama said that there could be a bomb in the plane, but did not go as far as their counterparts in Great Britain, which showed that the destruction of the plane was probably a result of the terrorist explosion.

Egypt is leading an investigation help from Russia and other countries. Scientists examine the plane wreckage to see if there are traces of explosives. Hossam Kamal, the Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation warned against jumping findings, saying that a bomb that proposal is not supported by evidence.

On Thursday, Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain "more often than not a terrorist bomb brought down the plane, and President Obama called the bomb" option. There are also specific elements set. Earlier, US Army officials said satellite surveillance spotted a flash of light as the plane broke apart, saying it was blown up by a bomb or accidental explosion of fuel or mechanical failure