"Mystery of Russian plane crash in Egypt deepens as officials back off initial claim of crash cause"

[Delta4Embassy]

Mystery of Russian plane crash in Egypt deepens as officials back off initial claim of crash cause

"The mystery of what caused a Russian airliner to crash in the Sinai Peninsula shortly after takeoff Saturday deepened Monday after an official from a Moscow-based aviation agency said the plane broke up in midair, killing all 224 on board.

The Daily Telegraph reported late Sunday that Egyptian officials had backed off their initial insistence that the Metrojet Airbus A321-200 went down due to a mechanical failure, with Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi saying that "an extensive and complicated technical study" was needed.

"It's very important that this issue is left alone and its causes are not speculated on," al-Sisi told a gathering of top government officials, members of the military and security forces. The investigation "will take a long time" and "needs very advanced technologies", he added."

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Gonna be weird if ISIS really did do it as they claim. Russia helping them and all.

 

[Penelope]

Isis did not shoot a plane down from 5 miles up, if anything Egypt, the US or Israel did, and my stakes are on Israel, another way of saying , get out of Syria.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Well whatever is was, that thing went to pieces and and came down like a rock. I'd guess a bomb unless ISIS is flying a lot better these days. Could have been a small plane I guess.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Interesting ratio:

"Who are the victims?
The plane was carrying 224 people in total. The dead are made up of 219 Russian citizens, four Ukrainians and one Belarus national. Out of the 217 passengers, 138 were women, 62 men and 17 children. Most were tourists."
Sinai plane crash: What we know - BBC News

 

[aris2chat]

Mystery of Russian plane crash in Egypt deepens as officials back off initial claim of crash cause

"The mystery of what caused a Russian airliner to crash in the Sinai Peninsula shortly after takeoff Saturday deepened Monday after an official from a Moscow-based aviation agency said the plane broke up in midair, killing all 224 on board.

The Daily Telegraph reported late Sunday that Egyptian officials had backed off their initial insistence that the Metrojet Airbus A321-200 went down due to a mechanical failure, with Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi saying that "an extensive and complicated technical study" was needed.

"It's very important that this issue is left alone and its causes are not speculated on," al-Sisi told a gathering of top government officials, members of the military and security forces. The investigation "will take a long time" and "needs very advanced technologies", he added."

rest at link

Gonna be weird if ISIS really did do it as they claim. Russia helping them and all.

Pilot report technical problems, not an explosion or attack, and want to land at nearest airport before the plane came apart.

 

[aris2chat]

there is another thread on this subject

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Mystery of Russian plane crash in Egypt deepens as officials back off initial claim of crash cause

"The mystery of what caused a Russian airliner to crash in the Sinai Peninsula shortly after takeoff Saturday deepened Monday after an official from a Moscow-based aviation agency said the plane broke up in midair, killing all 224 on board.

The Daily Telegraph reported late Sunday that Egyptian officials had backed off their initial insistence that the Metrojet Airbus A321-200 went down due to a mechanical failure, with Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi saying that "an extensive and complicated technical study" was needed.

"It's very important that this issue is left alone and its causes are not speculated on," al-Sisi told a gathering of top government officials, members of the military and security forces. The investigation "will take a long time" and "needs very advanced technologies", he added."

rest at link

Gonna be weird if ISIS really did do it as they claim. Russia helping them and all.

Pilot report technical problems, not an explosion or attack, and want to land at nearest airport before the plane came apart.

If a SAM hits you you're gonna be talking about technical problems.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Unless a pilot knows he's screwed, remembers he's being recorded and exclaims to the black box, "It was a missile!" before the end, they're probably gonna be screaming about various technical issues trying to fix them.

 

[aris2chat]

Unless a pilot knows he's screwed, remembers he's being recorded and exclaims to the black box, "It was a missile!" before the end, they're probably gonna be screaming about various technical issues trying to fix them.

airbus has not been without their problems