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Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
An EgyptAir flight traveling to Cairo from Paris disappeared from radar with 66 passengers and crew members on board, the airline confirmed Thursday morning. Ihab Raslan, a spokesman for the Egyptian civil aviation agency, told SkyNews Arabia that the Airbus A320 had likely crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. Egyptian armed forces were searching for the plane, which was carrying 56 passengers, including one child and two babies, and 10 crew. The pilot had 6,275 flight hours, while the co-pilot had 2,766 flight hours. Earlier, the airline said 69 people were on board. EgyptAir said on Twitter that the flight was at its cruising altitude of 37,000 feet when it disappeared at 2:45 a.m. Cairo time (8:45 p.m. EDT). The airline said the plane was approximately 10 miles inside Egyptian airspace. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/05/19/egyptair-flight-from-paris-to-cairo-disappears-from-radar.html?intcmp=hpbt1 |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Eyewitness say they saw an explosion in the sky. Search and rescue searching. Praying for everyone on board, and their families. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Summary The airline said Flight MS804 went missing over the Mediterranean Passengers included 30 Egyptians, 15 French and 11 other nationalities, including one Briton It lost contact with radar at 02:45 Cairo time The plane has 56 passengers, including three children, and 10 crew on board It was 16km (10 miles) inside Egyptian airspace when it went missing, the airline says All times in BST http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-36328976 EgyptAir Flight MS804 latest updates |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
watch all the news here: http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-36328976 ;) non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/18/middleeast/egyptair-flight-disappears/index.html?adkey=bn EgyptAir Flight 804: Greek official says debris not from plane, report Need to find flight data recorder. US. officials bomb brought down plane. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
watch all the news here: http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-36328976 Thanks KLiK. Follow the news with Klik's link. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Debris and passengers' personal belongings found 295km (185 miles) north of Alexandria Items found by search teams include a body part, luggage and seats Egyptian authorities have said terror is the most likely cause, but there is no evidence yet to back up claim No group has claimed responsibility for the crash, says the BBC's jihadist monitoring team Radar suggests plane made two sharp turns, plunged 27,000 ft, then span 360 degrees Search for wreckage and black boxes continues, led by Egypt with assistance from France, UK, US 66 people on board included 30 Egyptians, 15 French people, two Canadians and people of 10 other nationalities including one Briton Very sad. :-( Hoping the crash was not terrorism. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
3 air marshals on board and terrorism? Did they have specific info on this flight? Why 3? Don't they usually work alone? |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
AvHerald.com http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/egyptair-crash/egyptair-flight-data-shows-smoke-detected-bathroom-crash-report-n577716 EgyptAir Flight Data Shows Smoke Detected in Bathroom Before Crash: Report The report includes the plane-to-ground messages sent in the final minutes of the flight: 00:26Z 2600 SMOKE LAVATORY SMOKE 00:27Z 2600 AVIONICS SMOKE 00:28Z 561100 R FIXED WINDOW SENSOR 00:29Z 2200 AUTO FLT FCU 2 FAULT 00:29Z 2700 F/CTL SEC 3 FAULT The information would suggest the possibility of smoke or a fire in close proximity to the electronics and equipment bay of the Airbus below the floor of the cockpit. The timestamps refer to "Zulu" time -- or Greenwich Mean Time. Thus, the information of smoke in the lavatory was sent at 12:26 a.m. GMT, which corresponds to 2:26 a.m. local time of the flight -- approximately 10 minutes before the flight fell off radar. NTSB, invited to join investigation. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
A case of profits above safety? How old was the airframe? How often was it serviced? Was maintenance/upgrades/repairs done to manufacturer/safety regulations? |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19014 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Trump on MS804, 19th May Looks like yet another terrorist attack. Airplane departed from Paris. When will we get tough, smart and vigilant? Great hate and sickness! Well before anybody knew how it happened. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Trump on MS804, 19th May Don't bash Trump for that statement. Both the Russian and Egyptian governments had also made statements shortly after the event that they thought the odds of it being a terrorist attack were greater than it being a mechanical failure. They may indeed, all have been wrong. And you are wrong to take a swipe at Trump for his similar thoughts. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Tough, Smart and Vigilant people always carry guns when using air transportations. It's the only way to stop terrorists blowing up planes in mid air!!!! |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Yes, back on subject, I asked 3 questions, only 1 got answered? "For a fire, that's a very short period of time. For an explosive event, like a bomb, that's a very long period of time," he says. Fires are a growing problem |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
I don't think the plane was downed because of batteries the passengers boarded with . The Avionics Bay sounds like the flight controls , sabotage ??? A new form of Terrorism ??? We are Talking Egypt Air not Qantas and departing from Egypt !!! |
Mark Stevenson Send message Joined: 8 Sep 11 Posts: 1736 Credit: 174,899,165 RAC: 91 |
It's been on the BBC about smoke being reported before they lost radar contact with the plane , maybe they haven't sorted out the lithium battery problem from a few years back like they believed they had . Life is what you make of it :-) When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-) |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
It's been on the BBC about smoke being reported before they lost radar contact with the plane , maybe they haven't sorted out the lithium battery problem from a few years back like they believed they had . A very real problem with a Airline like Egypt Air low maintenance and years of unrest . |
Mark Stevenson Send message Joined: 8 Sep 11 Posts: 1736 Credit: 174,899,165 RAC: 91 |
If the planes are that bad how the fu#k do they pass the air worthiness certification that I think planes have to have to operate ? Life is what you make of it :-) When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Someone needs a lesson in flags. It applies to cruise ships too. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19014 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
It's been on the BBC about smoke being reported before they lost radar contact with the plane , maybe they haven't sorted out the lithium battery problem from a few years back like they believed they had . If you had checked, you would have found there has not been any suggestion EgyptAir, are failing due to servicing etc. since 2010. http://www.airlineratings.com/ratings/83/egyptair-and-egyptair-express Stop creating rumours. |
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