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MOSCOW/ROSTOV-ON-DON - A test for the presence of explosives that specialists have carried out at the crash site of a Boeing 737 at the Rostov-on-Don airport gives grounds to rule out the likelihood of an explosion on board the plane in midair, a source with knowledge of the situation told Interfax from the crash site.

An express test for the presence of traces of explosives at the crash site proved negative, which virtually rules out the likelihood of terrorism behind the accident, he said.