Mystery of what actually caused it. Russian aviation Officials Say the debris is spread over nearly eight square miles. Egyptian officials said the body of a child had been found nearly five miles from the main wreckage. There is every indication that the destruction occurred in the air, Russian Federal aviation head Alexander Neradko said at a high altitude. More than 100 Russian Emergency workers have been sent to the sinai to help in the search for victims and to examine debris. The detailed investigation will involve french, russian, egyptian and other officials according to strict international rules. One theory is the plane may have suffered structure failure, under a previous ownership, the airbus hit the runway at cairo tail first in 2001 and could have reached a critical poipt of weakness even though it underwent many inspections. The extent of the debris field has also focused more attention on the claiming responsibility by an is affiliate. The group is known to have surface
Theyve got a tract rcord of making claims that turn out to be right or a tract record of making claims that turn out to be wrong. So i just dont put a lot of stock on the claim of credibility at this point. Glor is it at all real statistics to believe that a surface to air missile could hit a plane at that altitude . I dont think so. The type of air Defense Systems that can reach 30,000 feet are either fixed or theyre mobile on trucks. Itssy understanding t tt this particular isis group does not have that kind of capability. They have some surface to air missiles, some man pads that are portable but those kind of systems simply cant reach reach that altitude. Glor a number of airlines are saying theyre not going to fly over this a aea. What are we to make of that decision. Jeff, i think its just prudence. We dont know what happened here, and as long as we dont know what happened, its probably prudent to avoid the area. Glor michael for rell morrell, thank you very much. Sign up season
Jeff glor, they were mostly young families on vacation. Today russia held a day of mourning for the 220 224 people who died when a plane apparently broke up in mid air over egypts sinai peninsula. These are satellite images of that region. Investigators are gathering wreckage in a place where militants loyal to isis operate. So far there is no evidence anyone took the plane down but air france, lufthansa, em ralts and Qatar Airways are the growing number of carriers avoiding that airspace, more from allen pizzy . Cairo. The search area for victims has been widened and with it the mystery of what actually caused it. Russian aviation Officials Say the debris is spread over nearly eight square miles. Egyptian officials said the body of a child had been found nearly five miles from the main wreckage. There is every indication that the destruction occurred in the air, Russian Federal aviation head Alexander Neradko said at a high altitude. More than 100 Russian Emergency workers have been s
Glor good evening, im jeff glor, they were mostly young families on vacation. Today russia held a day of mourning for the 220 224 people who died when a plane apparently broke up in mid air over egypts sinai peninsula. These are satellite images of that region. Investigators are gathering wreckage in a place where militants loyal to isis operate. So far there is no evidence anyone took the plane down but air france, lufthansa, em ralts and Qatar Airways are the growing number of carriers avoiding that airspace, more cairo. The search area for victims has been widened and with it the it. Russian aviation Officials Say the debris is spread over nearly eight square miles. Egyptian officials said the body of a child had been found nearly wreckage. There is every indication that the destruction occurred in the air, Russian Federal aviation head Alexander Neradko said at a high altitude. More than 100 Russian Emergency workers have been sent to the sinai to help in the search for victims and
Glor good evening, im jeff glor, they were mostly young families on vacation. Today russia held a day of mourning for the 220 224 people who died when a plane apparently broke up in mid air over egypts sinai peninsula. These are satellite images of that region. Investigators are gathering wreckage in a place where militants loyal to isis operate. So far there is no evidence anyone took the plane down but air france, lufthansa, em ralts and Qatar Airways are the growing number of carriers avoiding that airspace, more from allen pizzy . Cairo. The search area for victims has been widened and with it the mystery of what actually caused it. Russian aviation Officials Say the debris is spread over nearly eight square miles. Egyptian officials said the body of a child had been found nearly five miles from the main wreckage. There is every indication that the destruction occurred in the air, Russian Federal aviation head Alexander Neradko said at a high altitude. More than 100 Russian Emergen