Egyptair plane with 66 passengers disappears from radar

Pilot error?
Bomb on board?
Mechanical failure?

Reply 2

Tempest II

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Too early to tell at a the moment. Modern passenger aircraft don't usually just fall out the sky though, it's almost always due to human input.
From what I've heard on the BBC to aircraft didn't deviate from its course, cruising altitude etc which makes a terrorist attack the more likely cause.
A distress signal was sent albeit briefly so you'd have to guess it was a bomb that was large enough to cause critical damage but incapable of completely destroying the jet when it initially exploded.
RIP to those on board.

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 3

username1899909

According to the BBC

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A Greek aviation source has told the AFP news agency that the missing EgyptAir plane crashed into the sea off the southern Greek island of Karpathos at about 01:30 BST.AFP are the only news outlet to report this so far."

Ok so do you know this ?When this was posted

Reply 4

username878267

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Wondering how people will pin this on the EU.

Reply 5

Original post by Tempest II

A distress signal was sent albeit briefly so you'd have to guess it was a bomb that was large enough to cause critical damage but incapable of completely destroying the jet when it initially exploded.

That is denied by the Egyptian military, according to the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36309492

Reply 6

ophalite64

There were three children on board :frown:

Reply 7

Original post by JavaScriptMaster

Am I the only one laughing at the whole 69 thing?

Probably. Most members are older than twelve.

Reply 8

username1899909

The spectre of terrorism inevitably looms over this latest aviation tragedy.While there is no evidence yet to indicate a malicious attack, it was only seven months ago that so-called Islamic State (IS) planted a bomb that brought down a Russian passenger jet over the Sinai.IS has vowed to continue targeting the Egyptian state and Westerners who visit Egypt. In a different but also malicious incident in 1999, a disturbed EgyptAir co-pilot put a Boeing passenger plane into a fatal dive off the US coast, killing all 217 people on board, though the Egyptian government continues to say it was a mechanical failure.However, at this stage, investigators will be keeping an open mind about the cause of the plane's disappearance, including checking the maintenance record of the airframe.

Reply 9

Original post by hazzer1998

The spectre of terrorism inevitably looms over this latest aviation tragedy.While there is no evidence yet to indicate a malicious attack, it was only seven months ago that so-called Islamic State (IS) planted a bomb that brought down a Russian passenger jet over the Sinai.IS has vowed to continue targeting the Egyptian state and Westerners who visit Egypt. In a different but also malicious incident in 1999, a disturbed EgyptAir co-pilot put a Boeing passenger plane into a fatal dive off the US coast, killing all 217 people on board, though the Egyptian government continues to say it was a mechanical failure.However, at this stage, investigators will be keeping an open mind about the cause of the plane's disappearance, including checking the maintenance record of the airframe.

Couldn't you have made a comment of your own, rather than plagiarising the BBC, wholesale, unattributed and without the original paragraphs?

Reply 10

Fullofsurprises

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The Med is very deep in places, so it may be extremely difficult to locate the wreckage again.

What this will do for the already-battered Egypt tourist industry is only to be boggled at. It's a key income earner for Egypt and without it, their already fragile economy will go down still further. They have a huge population, close to Europe - the consequences are fairly predictable. I'm not against planned or useful immigration, but we need to strategise much more and spend much more on trying to stabilise North Africa generally. It's in our own interests.

Of course, I'm assuming this is terrorist action, which we don't yet know.

Reply 11

DiddyDec01

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Probably just crashed, my money is on mechanical failure leading to pilot error or the other way around.

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Reply 12

BaconandSauce

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Original post by DiddyDec

Probably just crashed, my money is on mechanical failure leading to pilot error or the other way around.

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I'd take that bet

Given it a french airline traveling to a Muslim country odds on favorite will have to be religion of peace(tm) (for now)

But must wait to reserve judgement

Reply 13

XxKingSniprxX

Original post by UWS

Update: Egyptair Flight 804 has crashed. Egyptair says 59 passengers and 10 crew were on board the Airbus A320 from Paris to Cairo.

Live updates from The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/may/19/egyptair-plane-cairo-paris-live-updates

Egyptian airlines where only 30% of flights make it to their destinations! :laugh:

So sad..

Original post by BaconandSauce

I'd take that bet

Given it a french airline traveling to a Muslim country odds on favorite will have to be religion of peace(tm) (for now)

But must wait to reserve judgement

I don't think it serves much purpose to destroy a plane over the sea when you could do more damage doing it over a populated area.

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Reply 16

Fullofsurprises

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#MS804
https://twitter.com/hashtag/MS804?src=hash

Video there showing video of a fireball from a Greek island near the supposed crash zone.

Rip those on board.

Original post by DiddyDec

I don't think it serves much purpose to destroy a plane over the sea when you could do more damage doing it over a populated area.

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Ah i see it as being the more brutal choice as there is no closure for the family's and its harder to investigate

But all subjective.

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