'No evidence' Russian airliner was downed by bomb: Egypt

'Investigators have as yet no evidence or data confirming the theory of a bomb attack'

Cairo

: Egypt's civil aviation minister on Thursday rejected claims by Britain and the United States that a Russian airliner that crashed in the Sinai may have been brought down by a bomb.

Investigators \"have as yet no evidence or data confirming the theory\" of a bomb attack, Hossam Kamal said in a statement.