FBI Ready to Assist in Investigation of Russian A321 Crash - Spokesman

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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has offered assistance to Egypt and Russia in the investigation of the tragic A321 commercial jet crash in the Sinai Peninsula, FBI public affairs officer Joshua Campbell told Sputnik on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — On October 31, the Russian Kogalymavia airliner crashed in Egypt en route from Sharm El-Sheikh to St. Petersburg. All 224 people on board died in the largest air disaster in Russian civil aviation history.

Fragments of a Kogalymavia Airbus A321 passenger airliner / Flight 9268 that crashed en route from Sharm El Sheikh to St. Petersburg in Egypt's North Sinai Governorate - Sputnik International
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“The FBI has offered forensic assistance and other services to our partners in Egypt and Russia, and stands ready to assist,” Campbell stated.

US State Department spokesman John Kirby told the press on Monday that the United States has been in daily contact with Russian and Egyptian officials on the crash.

“There has been the sharing of information related specifically to this crash between the United States and Russia, between the United States and Egypt,” Kirby stated.

Over the weekend, US media reported that Russian officials requested FBI assistance in the crash investigation, citing unnamed US officials.

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