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ISIS Airline Bombing Is 'Russia's 9/11,' US Homeland Security Committee Says
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U.S. officials express growing confidence bomb downed Russian plane

The United States appears to be increasingly confident that a terrorist bomb brought down the Russian passenger jet that broke apart over Egypt.

The growing belief was indicated by several senior U.S. officials in the intelligence, military and national security community who spoke to CNN.

One official said it was "99.9% certain," another said it was "likely."

The remarks are stronger than those made by President Barack Obama Thursday when he said there was "a possibility" a bomb was on Metrojet Flight 9268, which disintegrated over the Sinai Peninsula October 31, killing all 224 people aboard.

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Sharm el-Sheikh and the Russian plane crash – what we know

At 04:13 GMT, at an altitude of 9,450m (31,000ft) flight speed suddenly dropped and the aircraft started rapidly losing height. US media reported that US satellites had seen a “heat flash” on the aircraft at this time. All analysis suggests that the aircraft broke up at this stage. The crew did not transmit a mayday message.

The ISIS affiliated Wilayat Sinai group released a statement on Saturday 29th saying, “The fighters of the Islamic State were able to down a Russian plane over Sinai province that was carrying over 220 Russian crusaders. They were all killed, thanks be to God.” At the same time they posted a video, seen by the SecurityNewsDesk team supposedly showing a missile being fired at an airliner and hitting it. It was only suggested that it was this missile that hit the aircraft. The wording of their statement only said “downed”, not shot down.