Airport Employees Detained in Connection to Russian Plane Crash

Egyptian authorities have detained two Sharm el-Sheikh Airport employees in connection with the downing of a Russian passenger plane in the Sinai Peninsula, Reuters news agency reported Tuesday, citing two anonymous security officials. 'Seventeen people are being held, two of them are suspected of helping whoever planted the bomb on the plane at Sharm al-Sheikh Airport,' one official said, Reuters reported. “We will find the terrorists anywhere on earth and punish them,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said following the announcement. The Russian passenger plane crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Oct. 31, killing all 224 people on board.