Double plane crash spark fears of terrorist attacks

THE crashes of two Russian planes on Tuesday brought immediate worries of terrorist attacks - Siberia Airlines said on its website that its air traffic control centre notified it that the Tu-154 had activated a hijack alert.

Double plane crash spark fears of terrorist attacks

But Federal Security Service (FSB) spokesman Nikolai Zakharov said ā€œat this time, no signs have been found of terrorist actsā€.

Another spokesman said that the preliminary investigation of the crash sites has not revealed evidence of a terrorist act on board either plane, although the security service said terrorism was still on the table as a possible cause.

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