--- description: No evidence has been found so far that indicates an act of terrorist brought down a Russian passenger plane in Sinai, Egypt officials said. title: Egypt Says No Evidence of Terrorism Found in Russian Plane Crash image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13ceacb1e308e8e9/6988752bf887dc6003e93b88/gettyimages-495260468.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Egypt](/tag/egypt/) ## Egypt Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Egypt Says No Evidence of Terrorism Found in Russian Plane Crash  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2015 1:43 PM CUT  Russian Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov (3rd L) inspects the crash site of Russian Airliner in Egypt on Nov. 01. Russian Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov (3rd L) inspects the crash site of Russian Airliner in Egypt on Nov. 01.Mostafa El Shemy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 14, 2015 1:43 PM CUT No evidence has been found so far that indicates an act of terrorist brought down a Russian passenger plane in Sinai, [Egypt officials said Monday](http://www.civilaviation.gov.eg/ "undefined"). Egypt’s civil aviation ministry said a completed preliminary report of the Oct. 31 crash that killed 224 people found no signs of a criminal act. “The technical investigative committee has so far not found anything indicating any illegal intervention or terrorist action,” it said in a statement. The head of Russia’s FSB security service said in November the deadly crash was caused by a homemade explosive device, telling Russian President Vladimir Putin the bombing was a “terrorist” act, the Associated Press reported at the time. Several air lines have postponed all flights to Sharm al-Sheikh airport until the security improves. The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the downing of the Metrojet Airbus A321, saying it planted an explosive on board. The technical investigation is still ongoing, Egypt’s civil aviation ministry said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4147402/egypt-plane-crash-russia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4147402/egypt-plane-crash-russia/"},"headline":"Egypt Says No Evidence of Terrorism Found in Russian Plane Crash","datePublished":"2015-12-14T13:43:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:58:45.833Z","description":"There were no signs of \"any illegal intervention or terrorist action\"","url":"https://time.com/4147402/egypt-plane-crash-russia/","keywords":["Egypt"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13ceacb1e308e8e9/6988752bf887dc6003e93b88/gettyimages-495260468.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13ceacb1e308e8e9/6988752bf887dc6003e93b88/gettyimages-495260468.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Russian Minister at Russian airliner's crash site in Egypt","caption":"Russian Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov (3rd L) inspects the crash site of Russian Airliner in Egypt on Nov. 01.","creditText":"Mostafa El Shemy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/egypt/","name":"Egypt"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4147402/egypt-plane-crash-russia/","name":"Egypt Says No Evidence of Terrorism Found in Russian Plane Crash"}}]}] ```