UK ‘Concerned' Russian Metrojet Downed by Bomb

The British government said Wednesday it was "concerned" that a bomb may have brought down the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula over the weekend, NBC News reported.

Prime Minister David Cameron's office said flights due to leave for the U.K. from the Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh airport — where the doomed flight originated — have been delayed so British aviation experts can travel there to assess security arrangements. 

"While the investigation is still ongoing we cannot say categorically why the Russian jet crashed," Cameron's office said in a statement. "But as more information has come to light we have become concerned that the plane may well have been brought down by an explosive device."

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