Jerusalem whispered Britain and the United States the causes of the collapse of the Russian liner

Israeli intelligence contributed to the investigation into the causes of the fall of the Russian aircraft in the Sinai Peninsula. This is reported by the TV channel CNN with reference to an American diplomatic source.

According to him, Israeli intelligence intercepted messages exchanged between Islamic State militants last week. This information, indicating that the cause of the crash was most likely a terrorist attack on board, was transmitted to the United States and Great Britain.

At the same time, Russia and Egypt, which are officially investigating the causes of the crash, did not receive any information from Israel. Official Jerusalem has not commented on the information sounded on CNN.

After the tragedy, Britain suspended flights to Sharm el-Sheikh and began to take out its citizens from the resort. In London, this was explained by the appearance of new information that the collapse of the Russian plane could have been caused by an explosive device on board.

The head of the British Foreign Office, Philip Hammond, openly stated that “Cairo does not have all the information that we have.” There is evidence that the cause of the plane crash could have been the detonation of an explosive device, Reported and the USA.

The Kremlin noted that the British side did not share with Russia the information on the basis of which conclusions about the bomb were drawn. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed outrage at the actions of the United Kingdom authorities, saying that it was “truly shocking” that the British government had some information that could shed light on the cause of the disaster in Egypt, but no one passed it on to Russia. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on states that have official information about the possible causes of the disaster to provide it to the Russian side.

Despite this appeal, new details about the tragedy continue to flow through the Western media. So, the November Times 8 edition, citing sources in British intelligence, reported that the attack on board the Russian plane was is organized 42-year-old theologian Abu Osama al-Masri, the leader of the terrorist group Sinai Province, associated with the Islamic State.

According to intelligence data, it was on instructions from Osama al-Masri that an agent of a terrorist organization was introduced into the number of employees of the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh, and he planted a bomb in the luggage of one of the passengers. The agent is likely to be at large and may threaten the safety of aircraft. Britain declared its readiness to assist Egypt and Russia in eliminating or detaining al-Masri.

Just today, November 9, London handed Moscow, evidence that the Russian airliner most likely died as a result of a terrorist act. “Usually we do not comment on issues related to intelligence. Nevertheless, we made a decision based on the information we have [...] We provided our conclusions to our partners, including Russia. Some information is classified, but we shared what we could do, ”a representative of the British Foreign Office told the Foreign Office.

Previously "Forum" reportedthat the airliner of the Russian airline Kogalymavia, flying to St. Petersburg, crashed 23 minutes after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh airport in the north of the Sinai Peninsula. There were 224 people on board, all of them died. Responsibility for the plane crash took the Sinai Province group, associated with the Islamic State, took over.

Initially, the statements of the Islamists did not cause confidence. The president of Egypt called them propaganda. However, later the press reported that the version of the explosion has become a priority.

November 6 Russian President Vladimir Putin imposed a temporary ban on flights of Russian airlines to Egypt. At the same time, the Kremlin refused to associate the ban on flights with the version of the terrorist attack on board A321. The investigation into the causes of the crash continues. Egypt heads the investigative actions with the participation of accredited representatives of Russia (the state-operator), Ireland (state of registration), France (the state-developer of the aircraft) and Germany (state-producer).

The UK 4 November suspended all flights of its airlines to Sharm el-Sheikh, and then began an emergency evacuation of its subjects (approximately 20 thousand people), resting on this resort. In this case, the luggage of British tourists will be delivered separately.

Following the UK followed by Ireland, the Netherlands, France.

Latvian airline AirBaltic 5 November announced the cancellation of all flights to Egypt.

October 5 The State Aviation Administration of Ukraine has banned Ukrainian air carriers from planning flights over the Sinai Peninsula.

On November 11, Turkish Airlines suspended flights to Sharm el-Sheikh for security reasons.