ZURICH, Switzerland -- The World Cup qualifier between Israel and Austria was postponed Thursday by soccer's governing body, citing the crash of a charter flight from Tel Aviv.

FIFA president Joseph Blatter said the "tragic event" forced the federation's emergency committee to put off Sunday's scheduled match in Tel Aviv.

No further details on a makeup date were released.

A Russian chartered airliner heading from Israel to Siberia exploded Thursday and crashed off the Black Sea coast with at least 76 people on board.

U.S. officials said a missile fired during a military training exercise in Ukraine appeared to have accidentally brought down the plane. Ukraine denied that theory. A Defense Ministry spokesman said all the missiles fired in the exercise hit their proper targets and that there was no evidence a civilian plane entered the training area.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said terrorism could be the cause of the crash.