'Explosive traces' found in double plane crash wreckage

Traces of explosives have been found in the wreckage of one of two airliners that crashed almost simultaneously in Russia.

'Explosive traces' found in double plane crash wreckage

Traces of explosives have been found in the wreckage of one of two airliners that crashed almost simultaneously in Russia.

The Federal Security Service, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, confirmed reports on Russian news agencies that quoted agency spokesman Sergei Ignatchenko as saying that “preliminary analysis indicates it was hexogen”.

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