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.

But Federal Security Service (FSB) spokesman Nikolai Zakharov said “at this time, no signs have been found of terrorist acts”.

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.