EgyptAir flight missing
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Per NBCNews.com
A senior U.S. Intelligence official familiar with the U.S.'s capabilities in the region told NBC News that infrared and multi-spectral imagers suggest evidence that there was an explosion on board the flight. He reaffirmed that a cause of the crash remains unknown, and Egyptian officials have not commented on any possible blast.
I could be wrong but what I was reading made it seem like air space as in who has air traffic control of the plane at that point. The plan just left the space Greece controls for the space Egypt controls from a communications standpoint.
Well then, I guess they did find some. The CNN broadcast I watched was an hour or two ago. CNN didn't bring up anything of the sort.
Still doesn't necessarily mean bomb though.
A bit peculiar that there is no claim of responsibility if it was terrorism.
Cyclonepride
Thought Police
3% chance of accidental explosion (cargo), 6% chance something malfunctioned and exploded, 90% chance someone smuggled a bomb on board, 1% chance other (shot down) . Those are entirely made up figures, but that's how I see it.
According to this they have found debris from the flight.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/egyptair-flight-804-crash-missing-000000139.html
Pilot's are always strapped in, and at that altitude, if one pilot is out of the seat, the other is wearing oxygen.
There's a difference between international law and Air Traffic Control sectors. I'm sure they meant the aircraft just entered the Egyptian FIR which would extend well out into the Med. International law says a country's territory extends 12 nm from the coast over the high seas. You can fly all you want all over the Med without clearance as long as you stay outside of that 12 nm buffer. When on an IFR clearance you will be switched over to the next country's ATC just before crossing its FIR. So I'm sure that's what is meant when they say the aircraft had just entered Egyptian airspace.
Now the Egyptian government is saying that the plane didn't swerve before it crashed. It also looks like smoke detectors were going off before the crash.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middl...social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36348699
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middl...social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36348699
Both Trump and Hillary said it was terrorism, so that must be the truth, right? Ha!
What a joke. Gone are the days when people who were running for the highest office on the planet would be professional and not just spout off whatever crap enters their mind at the moment.
What a joke. Gone are the days when people who were running for the highest office on the planet would be professional and not just spout off whatever crap enters their mind at the moment.
CycloneErik
Well-Known Member
Evasive action by the pilot in response to an accidental or (more likely) purposeful suicide fighter jet.
Well, that would be quite an overreaction to the fighter pilot who was just trying to keep up with foreign relations.
