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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-04 10:41 PM
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Explosives find in 2nd Russian jet
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Explosives find in 2nd Russian jet
Moscow orders tougher airline flight security
Saturday, August 28, 2004 Posted: 4:45 PM EDT (2045 GMT)




MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Explosives have been found in the wreckage of the second of two jets which crashed almost simultaneously this week, Russia's FSB security service told CNN.

"Additional examination of the fragments of the Tu-134 aircraft which crashed on Tuesday ... has revealed traces of hexogen," an FSB spokesman said.

The FSB said on Friday that hexogen, more widely known as RDX, had been found in the wreckage of the other Tu-154 plane which crashed on Tuesday in southern Russia.

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