Egyptair plane with 66 passengers disappears from radar

You have made up your mind based on no FACTS at all other than your assumptions

AS you say you are not an expert in the field yet you are so sure this 'Could not have been a bomb'

Best do the right thing and wait for the facts before deciding don't you think?

I have based it on facts.

conspiracy theories ( pace Fullofsurprises ) are really only appropriate for 12 year olds who breakfast on Doritos and Relentless.

3. Paris and Cairo are very secure airports. Given the recent attacks in Paris, and the Metrojet bombing, both countries seriously upped their security. I would be very surprised if an explosive got through either airports.

Or another way best not to day things like 'it definitely wasn't' until we know what it was

If not a bomb, then three other potential causes then show up.

1. Mechanical failure
2. Pilot Suicide
3. Explosive Decompression.

Even so, there's an eerie correlation between this incident, Metrojet Flight 9268 and Daalo Airlines Flight 159.

1. All three flights were operated by either an Airbus A320 or an aircraft in the A320 Family.

It was almost certainly not brought down by a bomb, unless it was a really small one which singularly killed the pilots and no one else. This is why:

2. A plane hit by any decent size explosive would've been completely destroyed midair. The EgyptAir and PanAn explosives broke it in mid air, it would not have been capable of this 'left then right circle' manoeuvre, which is what is explained in the source I linked. It would more likely have been split in two and fallen down, being completely uncontrollable - evidently the plane was intact after this 'incident' and it managed to turn, a broken plane would not have been detected to do this.

I have based it on facts.

Fact 1: bombs effects are amplified at higher altitudes, this bomb was set to go off 20 minutes before landing, a dumb move by terrorists
Fact 2: a plane swerving left and right is not possible for a plane that has been crippled by an explosive, source
Fact 3: Paris and Cairo are two of the most secure airports, given their two recent terror attacks
Fact 4: no one has claimed responsibility, within 6 hours of it becoming breaking news across the world, ISIS claimed responsibility for the previous EgyptAir crash

So yeah, keep on pretending that Islam is the problem if it makes you feel safer flying

If not a bomb, then three other potential causes then show up.

1. Mechanical failure
2. Pilot Suicide
3. Explosive Decompression.

Even so, there's an eerie correlation between this incident, Metrojet Flight 9268 and Daalo Airlines Flight 159.

1. All three flights were operated by either an Airbus A320 or an aircraft in the A320 Family.2. All three flights were en-route to or over North African airspace.

3. All three were travelling towards or over areas that are hotspots of fighting between ISIL and governmental forces.

Makes you think, doesn't it?

You missed another obvious potential cause: attempted hijack.

How is the aircraft type relevant to any cause for the disaster other than mechanical or system failure? Are A320 pilots more prone to suicide? Is the A320 a particularly easy plane to hijack? Are there extra good places on the A320 in which to hide bombs?

I don't think it'll ever be found

the fact that this is the third incident involving an A320 in the span of a single year (or fourth if the Germanwings crash is included), and the fact that the prior two incidents with an A320 were the direct result of terrorism is strange indeed.

Are you suggesting some form of surface to air attack over the sea? Seems a bit of a stretch to think that Al Qaeda affiliates would have that kind of capability.

Presumably just as plausible is some kind of 'error' in military targeting - we've had civil airliners brought down in the past by military forces due to alleged 'accidents'.

How is the aircraft type relevant to any cause for the disaster other than mechanical or system failure? Are A320 pilots more prone to suicide? Is the A320 a particularly easy plane to hijack? Are there extra good places on the A320 in which to hide bombs?

Aircraft type is no correlation. For airlines of this size it's only ever going to be an A320 derivative or a B737 derivative - there simply aren't other options for airlines to buy.

There are some 6,700 A320s and 6,500 B737s in service globally. Law of averages puts these two as the most likely to be hit simply because of how many there are.

That's very true. I'm not saying that this was the result of a Sea-To-Air missile, as that seems unlikely. It's just strange that three airliners, all of the same type, are involved in either critical or fatal incidents, two of which are the direct result of explosive decompression caused by a bomb.