A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt, killing all 224 people on board, broke up in the air, a Russian aviation official has said.
Viktor Sorochenko, an official with the Intergovernmental Aviation Committee, speaking after inspecting the crash site on the Sinai peninsula, said it was too early to talk about conclusions from the crash, Russian news agencies reported.
A militant group affiliated to Islamic State in Egypt claimed responsibility for bringing down the Kogalymavia Airbus A321 on Saturday “in response to Russian airstrikes that killed hundreds of Muslims on Syrian land”.