UPDATE: Putin, Cameron discuss situation with Russian plane’s crash

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MOSCOW, Nov 5 (PRIME) -- President Vladimir Putin and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron have discussed a crash of Russia’s Airbus A321 plane in Egypt, the Kremlin said in a statement published on its Web site Thursday.

“The leaders have exchanged opinions about the situation around the crash of the Russian plane above the Sinai peninsula. Vladimir Putin has stressed that one should use data will become clear in the course of the official investigation when assessing the cause of the event,” the Kremlin said.

The A321 plane of Russia’s Kogalymavia, operating under the Metrojet brand, with 217 passengers and seven crew on board crashed over the Sinai Peninsula while flying from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg last week.

On Wednesday, Britain said that different data from several sources pointed to a bomb on board of the plane as a very likely cause of the crash and suspended all flights to Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh. British experts are now working to boost aviation security in the city together with their Egyptian colleagues.

Earlier on Thursday, Cameron said that the U.K. is in a constant contact with Egypt and he will discuss security measures with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Maria Zakharova, an official representative for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said Moscow was “shocked” that the statement on the possible cause of the crash was not made by an expert or a specialist. She said that means that the U.K. government has data that may help investigate the tragedy, but has not submitted it to Russia.

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