The Internet is rife with speculation as to what may have caused the crash of a Russian jetliner in Egypt on Saturday after an airline executive categorically ruled out pilot error or a mechanical problem.
The suggestion by the executive with airline Kogalymavia is that a missile or a perhaps a bomb brought down the Airbus A321, killing all 224 aboard. Conspiracy theorists have latched onto the statement and expanded it into a full-blown, made-for-TV narrative that terrorists targeted Flight 9268 as retribution for Russia’s involvement in Syria’s civil war.
