Head of Russia's FSB: crash of the passenger plane in Egypt was the result of 'terrorist' act

Published November 17, 2015 2:45am EST | Updated November 18, 2015 12:09am EST

MOSCOW – The head of Russia's FSB security service says the crash of the passenger plane in Egypt was the result of a 'terrorist' act.

Alexander Bortnikov told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that a homemade explosive device blew up on the plane.

All 224 people on board the plane, most of them Russian tourists, were killed in the Oct. 31 crash.