A passenger plane belonging to a small Russian airline, which was flying over 220 people from Egyptian resort Sharm El-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, crashed over Sinai earlier today.
The first images from the crash site show the demolished plane.
ISIS released video earlier today claiming to be an attack on the Russian jet over the Sinai peninsula.
Islamic State-linked group in Egypt reportedly claims responsibility for downing Russian jet https://t.co/Q5pEvjUgaZ pic.twitter.com/0Vsul4g3Tb
— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 31, 2015
An ISIS linked group released video today of a jet explosion.
It is very rare for an aircraft to have problems after reaching cruising level.
** Russia dismissed the ISIS claim it brought down the jet.
Now here is the first video from the crash site.
100 bodies – including five children – were extracted from the crash site.