u.s. verdicts, u.s. investigators are now standing by traying to figure out what caused plet tro flight 9268 to crash in the sinai desert. egypt accepted an offer of help from the national transportation safety board. the ntsb team will assist if determining what brought down that russian jet. let s get the latest from sharm el-sheikh. ian lee is there. good morning, ian. reporter: good morning. yes, the ntsb is going to be analyzing parts of that jet, sprefl the engine which is made in the united states, to determine if that could have been a part of the cause that brought down this jet. right now egyptian officials fought ruling out potential calls, although the predominant theory is it was a bomb that took down this jet. the fbi could also be a part of this team that comes over here
more breaking news tonight, the egyptian government says it will allow ntsb investigators to take part in the metro jet 9268 investigation. this would make them the first to be directly involved. also tonight u.s. officials believe they know what kind of explosive was used to take down the airbus as well as how it got on board and how it was detonated. our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto joins us with the latest. what are you hearing from u.s. officials? what they re doing now is building a more detailed working theory. this is without the hard forensic evidence you normally have with an investigation like this, access to the wreckage, to the bodies, the voice recorder but u.s. intelligence officials more convinced that a bomb with a timer may have taken this plane down, that it was more than likely snuck on board by someone with access to that plane rather than a passenger, and based on a flash caught by a
with complete transparency and clarity. reporter: for the first time, the u.s. has been asked to get directly involved in the investigation of what brought down russian metrojet flight 9268. national transportation safety investigators on stand by to go to egypt. the first indication came from egypt s foreign minister telling wolf blitzer the government was willing to accept american personnel. they have to be given full access to the crash area site and they will under take the same and have the same accessibility to all of the international investigators. reporter: security still a question in the egyptian resort city of sham el-sheikh. cnn seen security personnel using hand held bomb detectors that british officials and security experts say just don t work. isis in sinai believe to be behind the attack released a new
it. thank you all. we re going to be covering the debate from 11:00 to 1:00. ntsb investigators will join the investigation to what brought down metro jet 9268 and u.s. officials believe they know what kind of explosives they used and how it was detonated. details in a moment. ono off-days, or downtime.ason. opportunity is everything you make of it. this winter, take advantage of our season s best offers on the latest generation of cadillacs. the 2016 cadillac ats. get this low-mileage lease
tonight that is what likely brought down metrojet flight 9268, killing all 224 people onboard. the timer set for just enough time to blow the plane up soon after take-off. we are also learning tonight that officials believe the bomb was a military grade explosive, specifically a plastic explosive like c4. officials believe an insider with access to the airport planted the bomb. egyptian officials say they interviewed everyone with access to the plane including caterers. our chief national security correspondent is out front to begin our coverage tonight what more are you learning about the type of bomb they think was used to bring this flight down? u.s. intelligence is basically building a more detailed working theory here. without the forensic evidence they normally have with an investigation like this, access to the wreckage, to the bodies, u.s. intelligence officials more convinced it was a bomb that took this plane down. it was likely snuck onboard by someone with access to the p