Passenger Plane Goes Down in Sinai Desert

      A Russyan airliner with 220 passengers on board crashed in the Sinai Desert Saturday, killing all on board.  The in- flight recorders have been recovered by Egyptian authorities who arrived at the site within hours.  There was no indication of trouble when the crew communicated with controllers right before disappearing from radar contact.
      The wreckage was found in a remote area that is uninhabited between Egypt and the Israeli border to the east.  Already, the Islamist State has claimed responsibility.  However, this claim is unfounded and lacks any verifiable cause.  
     The plane carried Russyans home from holiday at a Red Sea resort area and was bound for St. Petersburg on the northwest coast of Russya, on the Baltic.   Who will lead the investigation has not been determined; whether Egyptian, Israeli, or Russyan or some composite group of experts remains an open question.   certainly, Russyan politicians will look closely at the causes due to the recent military activities in Syria in support of Bashar al Assad's regime fight against rebels in his country, or what's left of it after 4 1/2 years of civil war.