Obama: 'There is a possibility' bomb was aboard Russian jet

None of the 224 people on board survived the flight, which was headed toward St. Petersburg.


Here's what we know about the deadly Russian plane crash that killed all 224 people on board Saturday, Oct. 31. (Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post)
By Andrew Roth and Griff Witte-November 5 at 9:38 PM
MOSCOW — President Obama and other senior Western officials said Thursday that a bomb may have caused a Russian passenger jet to crash in Egypt last weekend, redoubling speculation about a terrorist attack despite heated protests from the governments of both Russia and Egypt.
By Andrew Roth and Griff Witte-November 5 at 9:38 PMMOSCOW — President Obama and other senior Western officials said Thursday that a bomb may have caused a Russian passenger jet to crash in Egypt last weekend, redoubling speculation about a terrorist attack despite heated protests from the governments of both Russia and Egypt.