Russia, Egypt Refuse to Accept FBI's Help Investigating Plane Crash
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Neither Russia nor Egypt has accepted an offer from the FBI to assist them in investigating the crash of Metrojet flight 9268 which crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Oct. 31 shortly after takeoff, a US government source said.
Joshua Campbell, an FBI spokesman, said Monday that the Feds had offered "forensic assistance" in what brought down the jet over Egypt.
“The FBI has offered forensic assistance and other services to our partners in Egypt and Russia, and stands ready to assist,” Campbell stated.
Russian and Egyptian officials have not accepted an offer of assistance from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation in investigating the crash of a Russian airliner in late October, a US governement source told Reuters on Monday.
The two countries are investigating why a Russian plane carrying 224 people crashed on October 31 in the Sinai while traveling between the sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and St. Petersburg.
All on board the airliner were killed in the crash. Preliminary investigations led both US and UK officials last week to question whether the plane was brought down by a bomb, and a black box recovered from the plane suggests the flight came to a "violent, sudden" end.
