"RUSSIAN SECURITY SERVICE FINDS EXPLOSIVES IN PLANE WRECKAGE"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Russia's security service said it found traces of explosives in the wreckage of one of two Russian planes that crashed on Tuesday night, killing 89 people.
Hexogen, known in the U.S. as cyclonite, was found in the debris of the Tu-154 jet that crashed in the southern Rostov region close to the Ukrainian border, said Nikolai Zakharov, a spokesman for the Federal Security Service, or FSB, in remarks on Russia's NTV television.
``The preliminary analysis tells us it was hexogen; we're conducting further analysis,'' Zakharov said. ``We have established a circle of people, possibly linked to a terrorist attack.'' He didn't elaborate. Hexogen has been used in attacks in Russia attributed to separatist rebels from Chechnya."
Last Updated: August 27, 2004 05:50 EDT
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=axy1EhYX6NaU&refer=home
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"EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN RUSSIAN JET WRECKAGE"
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-8/109356748066360.xml&storylist=international
ARTICLE SNIPPET:"Hexogen is the explosive that officials said was used in the 1999 apartment bombings that killed some 300 people in Russia and were blamed on Chechen separatists."
http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/96/382/13929_crash.html
English.PRAVDA.ru: "TU-134 and TU-154 were exploded from their toilets
08/27/2004 20:59"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The preliminary results of the investigation of the crash of TU-134 and TU-154 gave the grounds to say that acts of terrorism took place.
The pilots of both the planes gave SOS signals, the damages of both the planes were identical - their tails were torn in the air, and there were females whose relatives have no interest to their destiny, on both the planes...
The Gazeta obtained the details of the preliminary investigation results of the planes crash.
It was detected that shortly before the catastrophes, the pilots of both the planes pressed the alarm buttons. TU-154 which crashed in Rostov region, sent SOS signal, while Tu-134 which fell in Tula region, managed to put on the air the signal, "Attack on the plane"."