[Libyan Arab Airlines identified the plane as Flight 114 bound for Cairo from Tripoli, the capital of Libya, and said it had apparently overflown the Cairo airport, The Associated Press reported from Cairo.]

If the plane was carrying 104 passengers, there are people still unaccounted for. The Israelis conceded last night that the death toll might grow as rescue workers continued to search the wreckage.

According to an, Israeli communiqué, the airliner entered Israeli‐controlled airspace in Sinai at 1:55 P.M. local time yesterday. The statement said that the plane had flown over Israeli military concentrations along the Suez Canal and over a military airfield in Sinai, penetrating 50 miles into the territory.

Attempts were made to contact the plane by radio, the communique said, but were not answered. Israeli planes then rose to meet the jetliner and, according to the communiqué, “approached the plane and instructed it to land in accordance with the international regulations.”

Many Israelis Seem Stunned

“When the plane took no notice of the instructions and the warning shots that were fired,” the statement continued, “it was intercepted by Israeli planes. The hit plane landed inside Sinai 20 kilometers and crashed.” It was not disclosed precisely where in the Sinai the plane went down.

The news Seemed to stun Israelis, many of whom appeared to be appalled that the plane had been shot down. One woman, the wife of Government official, said, “It should never have happened, no matter what.”

Official reaction was guarded. Premier Golda Meir expressed it in a statement issued last night that said: “The Government of Israel expresses its deep sorrow at the loss of life resulting from the crash of the Libyan plane in Sinai and regrets that the Libyan pilot did not respond to the repeated warnings that were given in accordance with international procedure.”