Aircraft explosions. Damage and insurance claims

TASS-DOSIER. On November 17, 2015, it became known that FSB director Alexander Bortnikov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the cause of the disaster Airbus aircraft A321 October 31 in Egypt was a terrorist act - an improvised explosive device with a capacity of up to 1 kg of TNT went off.

In total in the history of the world civil aviation there were several dozen air crashes caused by the detonation of an explosive device carried by a terrorist on board an aircraft.

The first proven case of air terrorism in history occurred on May 7, 1949. An explosion occurred on board a Philippine Airlines Douglas DC-3 aircraft ( registration number- PI-C-98), operating a domestic flight between Daet and Manila. The plane crashed into the Sibuyan Sea (in the Pacific Ocean).

All on board - 10 passengers and 3 crew members - were killed. During the investigation, it turned out that two previously convicted men planted a bomb on the plane, who thus decided to carry out the murder of one of the passengers.

The aviation attacks with the highest number of victims were the 1985 Air India bombing, followed by the 1988 Lockbury bombing by the Libyan authorities. Undermining the Kogalymavia flight over Egypt is in third place in terms of the number of victims among similar incidents.

Air-India Boeing 747 crash, 329 dead

On June 23, 1985, an Air-India Boeing 747-237B (registration number VT-EFO), flying flight AI182 on the route Montreal (Canada) - London - Delhi, crashed in the waters Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland.

The cause of the disaster was the explosion of a bomb planted in luggage by Indian Sikh extremists. The crash killed all 329 people on board (307 passengers and 22 crew members).

Canadian citizen Inderjit Singh Reyat was sentenced to 5 years in prison on charges of participating in the preparation of a terrorist attack in 2003. Prior to that, he served a 10-year prison sentence for preparing an explosion at Narita Airport (Japan), which occurred on the same day as the VT-EFO disaster. Reyat was later charged with perjury and was sentenced in 2011 to 9 years in prison.

Lockerbie, 259 dead

On December 21, 1988, a Boeing 747-121 passenger aircraft (registration number N739PA) of Pan Am (USA), performing regular flight 103 on the route Frankfurt am Main - London - New York - Detroit, collapsed in the air over Lockerbie (Scotland). A bomb placed in luggage exploded on board. All 243 passengers and 16 crew members on board, as well as 11 people on the ground, were killed. In 1991, two Libyan citizens were accused of organizing the bombing.

In 1999, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi agreed to hand over both suspects to a Dutch court. One of them, Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi, was found guilty on January 31, 2001 and sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 2009 due to a fatal illness diagnosed in him, died in 2012). In 2003, the Libyan authorities admitted responsibility for the attack and paid compensation in overall size$2.7 billion - $10 million for each dead.

A321 Kogalymavia crash, 224 dead

On October 31, 2015, an Airbus A321-231 passenger plane (registration number EI-ETJ) of the Russian airline Metrojet (Kogalymavia), flying flight 9268 from Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) to St. Petersburg, crashed 100 km from the city El Arish in the north Sinai Peninsula. There were 224 people on board - 217 passengers and seven crew members, all of whom died.

Air attacks in Russia

Before the A321 Kogalymavia crash, the only air attack on Russian territory and on aircraft Russian airlines happened on August 24, 2004. Then almost simultaneously in the air over the Rostov and Tula regions exploded and collapsed flying out of the Moscow airport "Domodedovo" passenger aircraft Tu-154B-2 of Siberia Airlines (registration number RA-85556, flight 1047 Moscow - Sochi) and Tu-134A-3 of Volga-Aviaexpress airlines (registration number RA-65080, flight 1303 Moscow - Volgograd).

As a result of the disasters, 89 people died. Explosive devices on board the planes set off Chechen suicide bombers.

So what REALLY provoked the crash of the AN-148 plane last Sunday in the near Moscow region: a terrorist attack or an EXPLOSION of a Ukrainian engine?
The development of the topic examined in the materials of our investigation -

The non-First League Russian media cautiously attempted to discuss the possibility of a terrorist attack, inviting experts to conclude that the explosion, which apparently occurred in the air, could be caused by a malfunction with the aircraft engine, or by a bomb carried on board -
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The Komsomolskaya Pravda directly pointed to the inadequate quality of Ukrainian engines, known to everyone related to aviation -
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Other Russian media vied with each other to invite experts who unanimously spoke about the known problems with the ANs and emphasized that the explosion in the air indicated an engine, or a terrorist attack ...

3. ... As Andrey Krasnoperov noted on the air of Kommersant FM radio, the incident is very reminiscent of terrorist act.
The expert emphasized that the probability of this is 90%. According to the expert, pilots are required to report on any emergency situations happening on board: “there is always a report, there is always time for this - this is the law for the pilot. Something quickly destroyed the plane while still in the air.”

On the air of the same radio station, civil aviation pilot Oleg Bashmakov did not rule out that the plane crash could have been provoked by a bird getting into the engine. Since the incident happened at a low altitude, this is quite real. According to the pilot, in this case, “a chain destruction of the engine could begin, and the blades could damage the wing and fuselage,” and because of this, messages from the board could not reach the controllers.
IN emergency services did not rule out that the cause of the tragedy could be unfavorable weather or crew error. The final conclusions can be drawn only after the "black boxes" installed on the An-148 are found, and the experts will be able to decipher the data from the recorders.

Ukrainians reason logically - after all, in hybrid war all means are good, and if the commanders of the army of your opponent play on your side, not sparing the lives of their citizens, then who is to blame?
That is why genuine joy reigns in the ukronet, another 70 Russian citizens have been destroyed -

And the last, 02/12/18, in the Military Review -

..An-148 is a strange aircraft. Unnecessary to anyone from the very beginning. It was designed under pressure at the Antonov Design Bureau, it was put together with the world one by one (there, like in the Superjet, there was still a hodgepodge), somehow engines were made at Motor Sich (and why should we try for the damned?) ..

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Airplane bombings (2004)- major aviation accidents as a result of terrorist attacks that occurred on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 in Russia. Almost simultaneously (with an interval of one minute) two airliners exploded in the air: Tu-134A-3 of the Volga-Aviaexpress airline (flight WLG1303 Moscow-Volgograd) and Tu-154B-2 of Siberia Airlines (flight SBI1047 Moscow-Sochi) . Both aircraft took off from Moscow's Domodedovo Airport. A little over an hour after takeoff, both aircraft were blown up by suicide bombers. Flight 1303 crashed to the ground locality Buchalki (Tula region), and flight 1047 crashed near the village of Glubokiy (Rostov region). A total of 89 people died: 43 on board Flight 1303 (34 passengers and 9 crew members) and 46 on Flight 1047 (38 passengers and 8 crew members). Russian President Vladimir Putin declared August 26, 2004 a day of mourning for the dead in Russia.

Flight 1303 [ | ]

Airplane [ | ]

Tu-134A-3 (registration number RA-65080, factory number - 60065, serial number - 42-07) was released by the Kharkov State Aviation Production Enterprise (KhGAPP) on July 19, 1977. On October 13 of the same year, it was transferred to the Aeroflot airline (MGA of the USSR, North Caucasian UGA, Volgograd OJSC (since 1987 - Astrakhan OJSC)). After Aeroflot, it was operated by the airlines "" (from March 1993 to May 2004) and "Kogalymavia" (from May to August 2004). In early August 2004, it was purchased by the Volga-Aviaexpress airline. It is equipped with two double-circuit turbojet engines D-30-III of the Perm Motor Plant.

Crew [ | ]

Flight WLG1303 was operated by an experienced crew consisting of the following [ ] :

Three flight attendants worked in the cabin of the aircraft:

• Ekaterina Fedorovna Saltykova, 41 years old.
• Svetlana Nikolaevna Golovina, 32 years old.
• Oksana Valerievna Bobrovskikh, 34 years old.

Catastrophe [ | ]

Flight WLG1303 took off from Moscow at 22:30 MSK and headed for Volgograd. On board were 34 passengers and 9 crew members.

At 22:54, when the plane was flying over the Tula region, a strong explosion occurred in its tail section. The liner, torn into two parts, crashed to the ground from a height of 9500 meters. The wreckage of the aircraft was found 2 kilometers north of the village of Kimovsky district of the Tula region. The tail section of the liner lay 700 meters from the bow and wings. All 43 people on board were killed.

The explosion on the plane was arranged by a 30-year-old suicide bomber Aminat Nagayeva. Aminat's sister, Roza Nagayeva, was destroyed a few days later during the assault on a school in Beslan seized by terrorists.

Flight 1047 [ | ]

Airplane [ | ]

Tu-154B-2 (registration number RA-85556, factory - 82A556, serial - 0556) was released by the Kuibyshev Aviation Plant KuAZ (now the Samara Aviation Plant Aviakor) on September 22, 1982. On October 6 of the same year, it was transferred to the Aeroflot airline (MGA of the USSR, Latvian CAA, 1st Riga OJSC (Skulte)). After Aeroflot, it was operated by the Latavio airline (from December 21, 1992 to February 15, 1996, board YL-LAD) and (from February 15, 1996 to June 2001). In early June 2001, it was purchased by Siberia Airlines. It is equipped with three bypass turbofan engines NK-8-2U of the Kazan Engine-Building Production Association (KMPO). On the day of the attack, 30751 hours flew.

Crew [ | ]

Flight SBI1047 was flown by a very experienced crew, consisting of the following:

Four flight attendants worked in the cabin of the aircraft:

• Olga Sergeevna Bykovskaya, 41 years old - senior flight attendant.
• Sergey Vladimirovich Ivanov, 38 years old.
• Yana Gennadievna Tarsukova, 30 years old.
• Marina Petrovna Khudeyeva, 25 years old.

Catastrophe [ | ]

Flight SBI1047 took off from Moscow at 21:35 MSK and headed for Sochi. On board were 38 passengers and 8 crew members.

At 22:53, during a flight over the Rostov region, a strong explosion occurred in the tail section of Flight 1047. A hole formed in the board of the liner, the drives and control wiring were broken, tail section came off. The plane lost control and began to fall. The crew did their best to keep the plane in the air, but at 22:55 MSK, the unmanned aircraft crashed near the village of Glubokoy, Kamensky District, Rostov Region, and completely collapsed. Some fragments of the plane fell on the residential buildings of the village, but no one on the ground was injured. All 46 people on board were killed.

6 passengers checked in for flight 1047 before boarding, but they did not get on board. Latecomers' luggage was removed. The state commission dealt with the clarification of the circumstances of the delay of passengers; the results of her work remain unknown. [ ]

The explosion on the plane was arranged by the second suicide bomber, 37-year-old Satsita Dzhebirkhanova.

Investigation [ | ]

Even before the bombed planes took off, police captain Mikhail Artamonov detained Nagayeva and Dzhebirkhanova at Domodedovo Airport to check their documents, but did not search them and released them. The suicide bombers at that time were dressed lightly and, apparently, still without explosives. Within the next hour they boarded their flights. After the attacks, Artamonov was accused of criminal negligence. In May - June 2005, a trial took place over him, and on June 30, the Domodedovo City Court sentenced Mikhail Artamonov to 7 years in prison.

After the terrorists were released by Artamonov, the speculator Armen Harutyunyan sold them tickets without presenting their passports. Nagayeva purchased a ticket for flight WLG1303 for $170, while Dzhebirkhanova paid a bribe of 2,000 rubles to Harutyunyan to help him buy the ticket. Arutyunyan handed over 1,000 rubles to Siberia Airlines representative Nikolai Korenkov for reissuing a ticket for an earlier flight. Harutyunyan and Korenkov were sentenced to one and a half years in prison.

Then Nagaeva and Dzhebirkhanova successfully passed the pre-flight control and got on board the aircraft.

Responsibility for the attacks[ | ]

Immediately after the attacks, the Islambouli Brigades terrorist organization took responsibility for them. But the Chechen terrorist Shamil Basayev said that he had prepared the attacks. On September 17, 2004, he published a statement on the Chechen separatist website Kavkaz Center, in which he claimed that the attacks had cost him $4,000.

In an interview with Andrei Babitsky, Basayev claimed that the terrorists he sent did not blow up the planes, but only captured them.

Damage and insurance claims[ | ]

A feature of recognizing these catastrophes as insured events and settling these insured events was that they were caused by terrorist attacks, which are an exception for most insurance contracts.

Casco insurance payments aircraft not produced on any of the aircraft. Compensation for the victims was made both by insurance companies and by Siberia and Volga-Aviaexpress airlines, as well as by federal and regional budgets.

Flight 1047 passengers were insured as required

In the West, the cause of the An-148 crash was unraveled, but a terrorist attack is not excluded

The Commission of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), according to the decoding of flight recorders, has already called a preliminary cause of the An-148 plane crash in outskirts of Moscow. According to experts, it could be incorrect data on the flight speed on the indicators of the pilots, which, in turn, was apparently due to icing of the RPM when the heating systems were turned off. But for now, these are only preliminary results. The investigation will continue. Even the United States expressed a desire to assist Russia in the investigation of the An-148 crash in the Moscow region. The President announced this Donald Trump in a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, according to the Associated Press, citing the press service of the White House.

Recall that during the previous telephone conversation - in December 2017, the President of Russia thanked his American counterpart for the information that helped prevent the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg.

In this regard, the opinion of one of the pilots of the Saratov Airlines airline, who flew on the Moscow-Orsk route, including together with the pilot of the deceased An-148 Valery Gubanov, is interesting. . It is published by Radio Liberty, without indicating the name and surname of the source.

« This is a terrorist attack, in my opinion. And this is not only my version, but also of many pilots of our airline with whom I spoke. Neither from a piloting error, nor from not being treated with liquid, the plane would not fall apart in the air, and its fragments would not be scattered within a radius of one kilometer, ”the pilot believes.

According to him, if the plane fell apart from hitting the ground, then the bodies and wreckage of the liner would lie nearby, compactly. “In such cases, many of the dead are found in their chairs. And then they collect everyone in parts ... This means that there was a powerful explosion on board, otherwise they would not have been blown apart like that, ”he added.

Indeed, as of 8 a.m. on February 13, about 1.5 thousand fragments of the bodies of the dead were found in the An-148 crash area (there were 65 passengers and 6 crew members on the plane) and 500 fragments of the aircraft. For this, an area of ​​30 hectares had to be surveyed.

Both "black boxes" were found and sent to the laboratory. However, the Investigative Committee, without waiting for the results of their decryption, announced that there was no violation of the integrity of the liner in the air, and the explosion and fire occurred at the moment the aircraft collided with the ground.

It is known that in the period from 2010 to 2015, the An-148 ( side number RA-61704) was operated state airline"Russia ". During this time, at least two serious incidents related to the operation of engines. In 2016, Rossiya sub-leased the problematic aircraft to Saratov Airlines.

In November 2017, during the inspection of the company by Rostransnadzor, service disruptions the deceased An-148. “Oil change and filter flush intervals in accordance with the maintenance program should be 375 flight hours. On this board, these works were carried out with a frequency of 750 hours, ”an MK source in the department said.

The Western press has already called small regional Russian companies "the scourge of Russian civil aviation." According to a Swedish journalist working in Russia Anna-Lena Lauren, she always feels insecure when she has to fly with Russian airlines specializing in domestic flights and if possible, chooses Aeroflot.

At aviation forums last disaster compared with the crash of the An-148 in the Belgorod region in 2011. Then 6 people died - all on board.

Chairman of the Civil Aviation Commission Public Council Rostransnadzor, Honored Pilot of the USSR Oleg Smirnov does not see clear evidence in favor of one of the versions of the crash.

As a professional, I always rely on facts. The peculiarity of this An-148 disaster is that the plane did not lose speed. That is, he did not fall randomly, and even before landing he had a decent speed. According to Flytradar, this is about 600 kilometers per hour. Fighters fly at such a speed at such a low altitude. Why this happened and should be understood by the commission created on behalf of the president.

By the way, it is very good that two federal ministers were the first at the site of the plane crash: transport and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. After all, huge resources were immediately needed there. And the ministers coped with this task. They broke up the town, provided them with equipment, etc. This is partly why they managed to quickly find both recorders. Everything is recorded there: the operation of engines, rudders, other mechanisms, speed deviation, etc.

Now the main task is to decipher them and determine the cause of the accident to avoid such catastrophes in the future. So far I don't see any objective reason for this. The weather was great, the plane was new, the crew was trained…

"SP": - Is it a systemic cause similar disasters small size of regional carriers, perhaps not paying enough attention to security? Once it was the Saratov squadron - part of the giant Aeroflot ...

- Aeroflot is not interested in flights operated by Saratov Airlines. Regional carriers perform a very important social function, as they carry passengers over short distances. For example, they fly from Blagoveshchensk to Khabarovsk, from Khabarovsk to Irkutsk, etc. Such equipment is urgently needed there - up to 100 passenger seats, which Aeroflot does not have. Our Yak-42 and An-148 are operated on such lines. This allows you to give way to the domestic aircraft industry.

According to chief editor of the portal Avia.ru Romana Gusarova, talk about a terrorist attack is premature.

In St. Petersburg, the Americans warned us of an impending terrorist attack. How they can help us in this case, I have no idea. The airport is domestic, the plane is ours, and our experts in explosives are certainly no worse than the Americans.

"SP": - It all depends on the version to which the investigation is inclined ...

There is a lot of information of various kinds about the disaster now, but it does not add up to any coherent overall picture. So far, three versions have been named: an engine fire, the plane was not doused with de-icer, and a terrorist attack. But so far there is not a single fact that would form a priority version.

If the plane had been covered in ice, it would have crashed just outside the airfield. If the plane's engine had failed, it would not have fallen like a stone - the plane flies perfectly with one engine. He could easily make a circle and sit down. Even with two failed engines, he would continue to glide, not fly. stone down. It's not a potato, it's a plane, it has wings.

The same goes for terrorist attacks. As you know, the plane performed some "manoeuvres" before falling. First it took off, then it started to descend, then it went up again. Perhaps there are some technical problems. Moreover, the crash site is localized. The plane did not explode in the air. The flash from the explosion was already seen on the ground.

SP: And yet...

With the same success, I can come up with a few more versions ... For example, to say that a bird got into the engine of an airplane. Could this happen? Yes. It happens. But there is no evidence for this. In the same way as there is no evidence of other versions. I think even those who are now in the field, at the site of the fall, will not be able to say what the matter is. We'll have to wait for the decoding of the flight recorders.

"SP": - Western media write that Russian regional carriers are less safe than large companies. If so, maybe we don't really need them?

There are only about a hundred airlines in Russia. Of these, the first 15 are large, and all the rest are small. For such a vast territory, this is not much. And in the same USA, there are a thousand airlines and no one complains. There is no direct correlation between the size of an airline and its financial condition and responsibility for safety issues. The rules are written for everyone the same, they check everyone the same.

Moreover, using the example of Transaero and VIM-Avia, we see that large companies can have no less problems than small ones. Where is the guarantee that they provided security at the proper level? This can only be guaranteed by a regulator that controls and inspects large, small and medium-sized companies. In addition, the number of carriers regulates the market. If there are hundreds of companies in the country, then they are needed.

In general, it is difficult to imagine that such Western companies as Lufthansa or British Airways or Air France were engaged in local flights on "corn". They have other companies for that. In the same way, Aeroflot and others are engaged in long-haul transportation, while small companies fly between regions. Nothing without them.

Such regional companies there are many in Russia, - says journalist Oleg Lurie. - And they have rather strange owners. Related to the same Saratov Airlines Sergey Evstafiev, friend and partner Anatoly Chubais. There was such a story with the "copier box". Then Evstafiev and Sergey Lisovsky took out half a million dollars of "black cash" from the White House. There is data that in Saratov Airlines» Evstafiev owns 55 percent. But it is not necessary to associate this circumstance with a catastrophe. Among the regional companies there are quite successful ones.

In its turn air traffic controller Sergey Polozov tends to believe that the cause of the disaster could be a human factor.

- The version of a terrorist attack cannot be ruled out, but I'm not sure about that. Rather, there is a chain of events of a technical nature. And the human factor may be present. Because if you look at the world statistics of recent disasters, you can see that it is the human factor that is increasingly present there. Previously, this was less.

SP: Why is that?

Development aviation industry does not stand still. New types of aircraft with reliable systems of air navigation equipment are emerging. But since the flight recorders have already been found, the exact cause of the disaster will soon become known.

"SP": - But in Russia, according to statistics, disasters happen more often ...

Disasters happen everywhere. Equipment failures, piloting errors occur everywhere. Somewhere a little more, somewhere a little less. Russia is not fundamentally different here. But safety in any airline comes first. All standards are “sharpened” for this. Then economy, regularity, and so on. By the way, air Transport, according to statistics, is the most safe transport in the world compared to rail and road transport.

The FSB confirmed the attack on board the crashed Russian airliner A321. This was announced on Tuesday by the head of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, RIA Novosti reports. “The study of personal belongings and elements of the aircraft, as well as the examination revealed traces of explosives on the A321,” the head of the FSB said.

“According to our experts, an improvised explosive device with a capacity of up to 1 kg of TNT went off on board the aircraft in flight, as a result of which the aircraft “collapsed” in the air, which explains the dispersion of parts of the aircraft fuselage over a long distance,” Bortnikov said.

The head of the FSB reported on the attack to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The head of the country promised to find and punish the terrorists who blew up the Russian airliner A321 anywhere in the world.

Speaking at a meeting on the results of the investigation into the causes of the plane crash in the sky over Sinai, Putin said that he was counting on the assistance of other countries in finding and punishing the perpetrators. According to the President, the Russian Foreign Ministry should seek such assistance.

Putin also promised that all accomplices of the terrorists would be brought to justice. “Anyone who tries to assist the criminals should know that the consequences of such harboring attempts will rest entirely on their shoulders,” Putin said. “I ask all of our special services to focus on this work.”

Two suspects have already been detained, according to Reuters, citing Egyptian law enforcement sources. It is indicated that these are two employees of the Sharm el-Sheikh airport. According to preliminary data, they are suspected of helping terrorists who planted a bomb on board the plane.

Against the backdrop of confirmation of data on the attack on board the A321 aircraft, Russia will increase its strikes on militants in Syria.

“Our combat aviation work in Syria should not just be continued. It must be strengthened in such a way that the criminals understand that retribution is inevitable,” Putin said, stressing that he would personally “check how the work is going.”

The Russian authorities also promised $50 million for information about the terrorists involved in the attack on board the crashed A321 aircraft. “The Federal Security Service is appealing to the Russian and international community for assistance in identifying terrorists. For providing information that contributes to the arrest of criminals, a reward in the amount of $50 million will be paid,” the FSB said.

"Federal security service and law enforcement agencies Russian Federation measures are being taken to search for persons involved in this crime, ”the department added.

For experts, the confirmation of the version of the terrorist attack on the A321 aircraft did not come as a surprise. According to the pilot, hero of Russia Anatoly Knyshev, immediately after the bomb went off, the plane fell apart: the crew and passengers died within 1-2 seconds: “There was an explosive decompression - instant destruction, everyone on board died. That is why there was no report to the dispatch service about the emergency, - Knyshev shared in an interview with Gazeta.Ru.

“One kilogram of TNT is a very powerful charge, the plane was practically torn to pieces,” test pilot Andrey Gusev, who participated in the investigation of military aircraft crashes, told Gazeta.Ru. “That is why the satellite detected the thermal flash that the Americans were talking about.” The fact that a bomb exploded on board the aircraft was also evidenced by the nature and analysis of the wreckage over a large area.

According to Gusev, the statements of Putin and the head of the FSB followed only today, not only because of political situation, but also because of the investigation conducted by Russian counterintelligence officers: “Most likely, the names of those who ordered the attack are already known, and therefore a reward is being announced for their capture.”

In addition, the expert believes that they did not want to announce the results of the examinations until the end of the G20 summit.

Just the day before, the UK confirmed the version of the attack on board the A321, and last week the media reported that the plane had a timer set for two hours. In London, it is suggested that the organizer of the explosion could be Abu Osama al-Masri, the leader of the Vilayat Sinai group, which is considered the Egyptian division of ISIS (the organization is banned in Russia).

Earlier, the Kremlin was in no hurry to officially call the incident a terrorist attack, calling for "carefully filtering" all data on the investigation into the causes of the A321 crash in Egypt and not responding to anonymous "stuffing". Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stated that, as one of the possible causes crash Russian aircraft considered version of the attack. Prior to this, the Russian authorities rejected the possibility of a terrorist attack on board the liner.

The crash of the A321 airliner in Egypt was the largest terrorist attack against Russian citizens in terms of the number of victims since 2004, when a school in Beslan was seized. As a result of the crash of a plane flying from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, 224 people were killed. When the terrorists seized the Beslan school in 2004, 334 people died.

In addition, the Russian plane crash was the largest aviation-related terrorist attack since September 11, 2001, when about 3,000 people died as a result of terrorist actions in the United States.