Russian Plane Crash Probe Finds No Evidence of Explosion

Ministry employees on boats search for fragments of a plane in the Black Sea, outside Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 28, 2016. Vladimir Velengurin/Emergency Situations Ministry Photo via AP

MOSCOW (AP)—A Russian military official says analysis of a crashed plane’s flight recorders has shown there was no explosion on board.

Lt. Gen. Sergei Bainetov said Thursday that “we have come to conclusion that there was no explosion on board.” He stopped short though of immediately ruling out a terror attack, saying that “we aren’t rejecting that version yet.”

A crane carries a fragment of a plane engine lifted by divers on a ship just outside Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 28, 2016. Rossiya One TV Channel photo via AP