by a bomb. and it came from the local isis affiliate. the white house this afternoon a little bit more circumspect. president obama is quoted as saying i think there is a possibility there was a bomb on board. said also the white house, washington is taking it seriously. at sharm el-sheikh airport in egypt where the doomed plane left, fallout today those concerns about terrorism. all british flights in and out of that airport have been suspended a british military and security team has been flown in. the first rescue flight to get some of the 20,000 brits in that region out of that area scheduled to start tomorrow. handbag damage only by the way on those flights. back in london, egyptian president abdul el-sisi was here on a preplanned visit. here today he said that the investigation was not concluded and he promises transparency when it is. and, in russia. the first of those 224
this is pretty unusual. u.s. and u.k. getting way ahead of the investigation saying the plane crash of the russian airplane could have been terror. u.k. officials saying significant possibility that the russian plane that went down over the sinai that was caused by a bomb placed on board by a local isis affiliate. u.s. officials tell fox they agree that there was high probability of a explosive device involved. the brits saying the risk was so high they couldn t wait for the probe to play out. in fact they were so concerned at sharm el-sheikh airport where the doomed plane left, they have suspended all british flights in and out of the place. they sent military and security teams in to evaluate the security. passenger planes we were told, coming in starting to tomorrow, to bring out as many as 20,000 brits who are there in the sinai. now in london, timing is everything for a plea planned visit.
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flight number 3. the plane left taipei taiwan earlier today, arrived at l.a. sxmpt x. in the last hour. it s in a remote corner of the airport as investigators go over it. this latest threat and this is why this is concerning is that it comes on the heels of at least ten scares against passenger planes over the memorial day weekend. we re continuing to monitor the breaking story. we ll bring you the latest developments as they come to us. breaking news on the extreme weather that is slamming the u.s. this is already claimed at least 13 lives and at this hour another 16 people are missing. america s fourth largest city is under water tonight. nearly a foot of rainfall swarmed houston in less than 24 hours, and now flash flooding has washed away entire neighborhoods. you can see here cars just swallowed by the rising floodwater, and forecasts are showing more rain is coming. ed lavendera is outfront from houston. more than ten inches of rain
illinois, that killed seven people returning from the ncaa basketball championship. the twin-engine cessna went down in thick fog. abc s alex perez has the latest. investigators in central illinois trying to piece together what caused this cessna twin-engine plane to crash, killing all seven on board. the group all returning from the ncaa championship game. attention all bloomington traffic. reporter: among the passengers two members of the illinois state university athletic department, including associate men s basketball coach torrey ward and local bar owner, long time customers and patrons gathered as family and friends remember them. around midnight the plane left the indianapolis airport. an hour later, radar contact was lost. radar and radio communication until the aircraft touches down. in this instance the pilot did not cancel his flight plan. reporter: the aircraft crashing into a field in dense fog just outside bloomington, illinois.