Reports: 'Heat flash' linked to doomed Russian plane

A U.S. infrared satellite detected a mid-air "heat flash" over the Sinai
 Peninsula at the same time a Russian plane crashed in the area, media 
outlets reported Tuesday.

NBC News, citing an unnamed senior defense official, said U.S. 
intelligence analysts believe the flash could have been an explosion 
inside the aircraft, most likely a fuel tank or bomb. The official said 
there was no indication of a surface-to-air missile. CBS was reporting 
similar information.
The reports came as Russian media outlets, 
citing an Egyptian forensic expert, reported that an analysis of 
injuries sustained by victims showed a mid-air explosion might have 
occurred aboard the Airbus A321. Hundreds of bodies and body parts were 
being flown to St. Petersburg, where mourning families have begun 
identifying remains.
The crash 23 minutes after takeoff Saturday 
killed all 224 passengers and crew aboard Metrojet charter Flight 
9268 en route to St. Petersburg from the Red Sea resort town of Sharm 
el-Sheik, Egypt. Speculation about why came apart 31,000 feet above the 
Egyptian desert continued to focus on pilot error, technical problems 
and terrorist attacks.
Metrojet executives on Monday blamed 
"external impact" and said neither their crew nor mechanical failure 
played a role in the air disaster. An insurgent affiliate of the Islamic
 State group operating in the Sinai has claimed responsibility for 
bringing down the jet.
Experts called the conclusions premature 
and said the answers lay in the flight data and voice recorders 
recovered immediately after the crash and the pattern of wreckage strewn
 over the Egyptian desert. A basic outline of what went wrong could come
 within weeks, if not days. The full investigation to determine what 
caused the crash could take a year or more.
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