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The fears of some world leaders have been confirmed following the confirmation that a bomb actually brought down the ill-fated Russian airliner which crashed in Sinai, Egypt.

Yesterday, reports began to make the round that an airport worker may have put a bomb on Metrojet Flight 9268, and the black boxes of the plane found confirmed that a bomb actually cause the crash.

Egyptian aviation officials plan to hold a news conference amid dueling theories on what caused the Russian passenger jet to crash in the Sinai region.

In a tweet, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the media briefing, but did not provide any more details.

European investigators who analyzed the two flight recorders from the Metrojet plane that went down last weekend in Egypt are categorically saying the crash is not an accident, CNN affiliate France 2 reported Friday.

The investigators said the cockpit voice recorder of Metrojet Flight 9268 shows an explosion and the flight data recorder confirms the explosion is not accidental — there is no sign of mechanical malfunction during the initial part of the flight, France 2 reported.

Everything is fine during the first 24 minutes, then in a fraction of a second there is a blackout and no more cockpit conversation, convincing investigators there was a bomb on board, according to France 2.

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CNN Aviation Analyst Richard Quest said there would have been different data on the black boxes if there was a catastrophic failure than if there was an explosion. The key is what happened just before the data suddenly stops, he said.

If the plane had broken apart due to structural failure, there would have been more noise — and for a longer time, he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday suspended Russian air traffic with Egypt until the cause of the crash can be determined, the Kremlin said.

The United States and Britain shared their intelligence with Russia before Putin decided to suspend flights, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN’s Matthew Chance.

Putin spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi about the security situation in Egypt.

“The two leaders agreed to strengthen cooperation between the relevant security authorities in the two countries,” el-Sisi’s office said.

Credit: CNN

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