俄罗斯称埃及遇难航班乃被炸药炸毁

AS IT IS 2015-11-18 Russia Says Explosives Brought Down Plane in Egypt 俄罗斯称埃及遇难航班乃被炸药炸毁

Russia admits that last month’s airplane crash in Egypt was a terrorist attack.

Explosives were found in the wreckage¹ and luggage section of the airplane, said Russia’s Federal Security Service chief, Alexander Bortnikov, on Tuesday. 

Bortnikov also said the detonated explosive device that brought down the plane was made with 1.5 kilograms of dynamite², or TNT.

The Metrojet A-321 flight was traveling from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg on October 31. It crashed into the Sinai Peninsula desert. All 224 people on board were killed.

Islamic State militants³ said they carried out the attack. Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to find and punish those responsible for the attack. The Russian security service is offering a $50 million reward for information on who downed the plane in Egypt, the Associated Press reported.

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luggage – n. the bags and suitcases that a person carries when traveling

dynamite – n. a powerful explosive that is often used in the form of a stick

TNT – n. a very powerful explosive

militants – n. people having or showing a desire or willingness to use strong, extreme and sometimes forceful methods to achieve something

detonate – v. to explode or to cause something to explode

1 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

2 dynamite   

n./vt.(用)炸药(爆破)

参考例句：

• The workmen detonated the dynamite.工人们把炸药引爆了。
• The philosopher was still political dynamite.那位哲学家仍旧是政治上的爆炸性人物。

3 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。