Media Bias and Ideology Rewrite

This pastiche is a rewriting of the BBC article “Sinai plane crash: 'External influence' caused crash,” published on November 2nd (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34697416).

This revision serves to heighten the speculation surrounding the Sinai plane crash, and lend credence to the belief that external forces brought down flight KGL9268. 

Russian airline Metrojet claims 'external impact' brought down commercial airliner in volatile Sinai Peninsula

Following Saturday’s catastrophic plane crash, a senior airline official revealed that an "external influence" was the to blame for the loss of all the 224 passengers onboard MetroJet flight 9268.

An investigation launched by aviation investigates; using data from the aircraft's two "black boxes" has yet to determine the true blackguards.

A Kremlin spokesmen has warned against speculation as to the possible causes of the crash, urging searchers "to refrain from drawing conclusions" at this stage of the probe.

"We cannot exclude any version. The investigation is only beginning. We do not know yet what its main focus will be," he told the BBC.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the crash as an "enormous tragedy" and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.

At a news conference in Moscow, the deputy director of Metrojet, Alexander Smirnov, told reporters that the cause of Saturday's crash, "could only have been a mechanical impact on the plane" in the air. "There is no such combination of failures of systems which could have led to the plane disintegrating in the air," he added.

When pressed for more details about what could have caused the impact, Smirnov insisted that he was not at liberty to discuss any more details…

Amidst the growing speculation another airline official acknowledged that there had been previous damage to the plane's tail in 2001 during takeoff.

But he said that the damage had been repaired, and was not thought to be a factor in the crash.

However, the widow of the plane's co-pilot told Russian TV her husband had complained about the aircraft's technical condition.

The Airbus 321 lost speed and started descending rapidly, and the crew made no attempt to get in contact and report about the situation on board, Mr Smirnov added.

The bodies of 144 of those killed in the crash have been flown back to the Russian city of St Petersburg, where the plane had been headed from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

A second flight with the remaining 80 bodies is expected to arrive in St Petersburg on Monday evening.

The plane was carrying 224 passengers, including 25 children.

Timeline: the final hours of flight KGL9268

05:58 Egyptian time (03:58 GMT): Flight leaves Sharm el-Sheikh, a statement from the Egyptian cabinet says

06:14 Egyptian time (04:14 GMT): Plane fails to make scheduled contact with air traffic control based in Larnaca, Cyprus, according to Sergei Izdolsky, an official with Russia's air transport agency

06:17 Egyptian time, approx (04:17 GMT): Plane comes down over the Sinai Peninsula, according to Airbus

11:12 Egyptian time (09:12 GMT): Flight had been due to land in St Petersburg's Pulkovo airport