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
the debris is spread over eight square miles. egyptian officials say a body of a child had been found five miles from the main wreckage. there is every indication the destruction occurred in the air, russian federal aviation head alexander nuretko said, at a high altitude. more than 100 russian emergency workers have been sent to help to the sinai to help in the search for victims and 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 structural failure. under a previous ownership the airbus hit the runway at cairo tail-first in 2001 and could have reached a critical point of weakness even though it underwent many inspections. the extent of the debris field has focused attention on a claim of responsibility by an i.s. affiliate. the group is known to have surface-to-air missiles but their effective range is 10,000 feet. for some months, a
eight square miles. egyptian officials said the body of a child had been found nearly five miles from thmain wreckage. there is every indication thatat the destruction occurred in the air, russian federal aviationer head alexander neradko said at a high altitude. more than 100 russian emergency workers have been sent to the sinai to help in n e search for victims a a to examine debris. the detailed investigation will involve french, russian,e egyptian and other officials according to strict international rules. one theory is the plane may have suffered structural failure, under a previous ownership, the airbus hit the runway at cairo tail-first in 2001 and could have reached a critical pot of weaknessssven though it underwent many inspections. the extent of the debris field has also focused more attention on the claiming responsibility by an i.s. affiliate. the group is known to have surfacacto air missiles butt their effective range is only about 10,000 feet. for some mont
a child had been found five miles from the main wreckage. there is every indication the destruction occurred in the air, russian federal aviation head alexander nuretko said, at a high altitude. more than 100 russian emergency workers have been sent to help to the sinai to help in the search for victims and 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 structural failure. under a previous ownership the airbus hit the runway at cairo tail-first in 2001 and could have reached a critical point of weakness even though it underwent many inspections. the extent of the debris field has focused attention on a claim of responsibility by an i.s. affiliate. the group is known to have surface-to-air missiles but their effective range is 10,000 feet. for some months, a number of airlines have ordered their pilots not to fly below 25,000 feet over
they ve 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 don t 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 don t think so. the type of air defense systems that can reach 30,000 feet are either fixed or they re mobile on trucks. it s sy 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 can t reach reach that altitude. glor: a number of airlines are saying they re not going to fly over this a aea. what are we to make of that decision. jeff, i think it s just prudence. we don t know what happened here, and as long as we don t know what happened, it s probably prudent to avoid the area. glor: michael for rell morrell, t