(02 Nov 2015, 4:11 pm)8222 wrote According to the BBC, it was an airline official that suggested that it was "due to an external influence."

However, the Government stance is that it's, "premature to speculate" and, "this kind of talk is not based on any facts."

Even if it was one of their own, you would be surprised the spin the Russian Authorities can put on anything. 

At the end of the day, the only time we will properly know what's happened is when the black boxes have been decoded and analysed. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34697416

I am just going on what I have heard, of course at the moment there is and will be a lof speculation on what happened.

A few front pages seem to be reporting it was shot down by so called IS...

Out of interest, has the Black Box(es) been discovered???