Experts say human or technical error more likely caused the crash - although they concede a surface-to-air missile could have struck the aircraft if it had been descending for some reason.
Experts say human or technical error more likely caused the crash - although they concede a surface-to-air missile could have struck the aircraft if it had been descending for some reason.
The party won over 49 per cent of the vote to secure 315 seats in the 550-member parliament.
Voters were sharply divided in their views on a return to single-party rule or the prospect of a coalition.
Ten of the dead were found in the cabin of their boat, which overturned as it made the hazardous crossing from the nearby Turkish coast.
The closest the plane came to being in trouble was three months ago when the pilot aborted takeoff halfway through.
And since the summer, renewed violence between Turkish security forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has shattered a 2013 truce.
Germany's Lufthansa, Emirates and Air France all said they would halt flights over Sinai until the reasons behind the crash became clear.
Day of mourning as 224 killed in the crash
Transport minister Maksim Sokolov said Egyptian authorities have no information that would confirm 'such insinuations'.
Media reported that clubgoers initially thought the flames were part of the show and did not immediately react.