A flight from Paris to Cairo was taken down by terrorism.
"Fathy conceded that terrorism was more likely than technical failure to be the cause of the crash .
Despite his reluctance to be drawn on the causes, Fathy said: “If you analysis the situation properly the possibility of having a terror attack is higher than the possibility of having a technical [problem]."
Here’s a summary of what we know so far about missing EgyptAir flight MS804.
French French President François Holland Flight confirmed that the plane crashed and that terrorism could not be ruled out. The EgyptAir Airbus A320 en route from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Cairo, has disappeared from radar with 66 people on board.
Greek defence minister said the plane made “sudden swerves” before dropping off radar over the Mediterranean. No debris has yet been found.
Egypt’s minister of civil aviation, Sherif Fathy, says the plane should be regarded as “missing” until debris is found. Search is focused near the Greek island of Karpathos, he added: Fathy said a terror attack or technical problems could not be ruled out.
EgyptAir says the plane’s emergency devices – possibly an emergency locator transmitter or beacon – sent a signal that was received at 4.26am local time, two hours after the last radar contact.
The airline said contact was lost around 16km/10 miles inside Egyptian airspace at 2.30am local time (00.30 GMT) amid growing fears that the plane came down in the Mediterranean. Airbus issued a statement regretting the loss of the aircraft.
A Greek aviation source told AFP that the plane crashed 130 miles from the Greek island of Karpathos. Eypgypt has launched a search operation. At least eight merchant ships and French Greek aircraft have joined the search.
There is no detail yet on possible reasons for the plane’s disappearance. Egypt’s Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said it was too early to rule out any explanation for the incident, including terrorism.
The plane was carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew: two cockpit crew, five cabin crew and three security personnel. The airline said two babies and one child were on board.
Among the passengers were 30 Egyptians, 15 French, two Iraqis, and one each from the UK, Belgium, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Chad, Portugal, Algeria and Canada. Britain’s foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, confirmed that a British passport holder was on board the plane.
The plane, on its fifth journey of the day, was travelling at 37,000 feet when it disappeared from radar.
EgyptAir says the captain has 6,275 flying hours, including 2,101 on the A320; the copilot has 2,766. The plane was manufactured in 2003.
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Again, what actually happened still hasn't been confirmed.
Sure we can make some assumptions about the erratic movement etc, but seeing as how I lack a degree or training in aeronautics, it's worth waiting for experts to confirm what happened.
None of which say that it has been confirmed as a terrorist attack. My point is just the thread title etc are somewhat misleading at this point, as nothing has been confirmed other than something strange happened and the plane went down.
If the plane has disappeared off radar how do they know it has actually crashed? Is not showing up on radar a for sure sign the plane has crashed?
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I see. Now hmmm, if it was terrorism I wonder what religion they belonged to?
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Damn they set off a bomb? That is f*cked up. I just hate these people.
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I heard it was Rastafarians. They just kept screaming at the pilot to get them to the nearest Wendy's.
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