ISLAMIC State has allegedly published terrifying footage purporting to show the moment the doomed Russian airliner, which the terrorist group claims to have downed, crashed down to earth and left no survivors.
The chilling, unverified video was uploaded to social media, appearing to show a midair explosion of a large structure resembling an aircraft. The black figure plummets through the sky before being consumed by smoke.
News Corp Australia is seeking to verify its authenticity. The video was not circulated in the militant group’s usual manner and the footage appears to show the plane flying at a lower altitude than the 30,000 feet it was cruising at, at the time of the incident.
Investigators have rejected the claims made by IS terrorists as they work to establish the cause of the crash of the Airbus A321 in Egypt.
Video claims to show final moments of crashed Russian jet
All 224 passengers — including 17 children — died when the flight to St Petersburg crashed in a mountainous area of central Sinai just 23 minutes after departing the resort town of Sharm al-Sheikh.
Search and rescue officers have described a “tragic scene” after finding more than 100 bodies, including children, scattered at the crash site of a Russian plane in Egypt.
Grisly work … Egyptian paramedics load the corpses of victims of a Russian passenger plane crash in the Sinai Peninsula, into a military plane at Kabret military air base by the Suez Canal. Picture: Khaled Desouki/AFPSource:AFP
The plane’s black box data recorders have been recovered and sent for analysis.
Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov and Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov have arrived in Cairo with a team of experts to help with an Egyptian-led investigation.
Two air accident investigators from France — Airbus’s home country — are also to travel to Egypt along with six experts from the aerospace giant to help with the probe.
Crash scene … the remains of a Russian airliner which crashed is seen in central Sinai near El Arish city, north Egypt.Source:Reuters
Russia has declared Sunday a day of national mourning for the victims, who ranged in age from a 10-month-old girl to a 77-year-old woman. Flags will fly at half mast on official buildings in Russia on Sunday and entertainment television programs will be cancelled.
The incident is among the deadliest involving an Airbus aircraft in the past decade. No Australians were on board.
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