Egypt plane crash: Russian airliner 'broke up in mid-air', claims official

November 01, 2015 21:41

The Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt - killing 224 people - broke up in mid-air, an offical has said.

Victor Sorochenko, head of Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee, said it remains too early to say what caused the crash on Saturday.

Speaking to reporters after visiting the crash site in Sinai, Sorochenko said debris was found across a 20 square km area.

Wilayat Sinai, an Egyptian jihadist group allied to Isis, has claimed credit for the crash, saying it shot the plane out of the sky "in response to Russian airstrikes that killed hundreds of Muslims on Syrian land".

Russian transport minister Maksim Sokolov has said the claim "can't be considered accurate" while Egypt's army spokesman has also dismissed it.

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