EgyptAir Crash - Terrorism?
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EgyptAir Flight 804 Crash Increasingly Looks Like TerrorismIt now appears a sudden, complete explosion caused by a bomb brought down the Airbus over the Mediterranean—but that doesn't mean it was ISIS. The evidence is building that EgyptAir Flight MS804 was brought down by a sudden and catastrophic explosion, consistent with a bomb having been detonated on board.
Flight tracking data showing its altitude, speed, and direction, ends instantaneously while the plane was at its cruise height of 37,000 feet. This can now be combined with reports that a military satellite using infrared technology detected a flash at...
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Wreckage from EgyptAir flight possibly found as officials probe links to terrorDebris found so far in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece does not belong to that of the EgyptAir flight that went down early Thursday with 66 people on board, a senior Greek air safety official reportedly confirmed.
Athanassios Binis, head of Greece's Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board, told state ERT TV that "an assessment of the finds showed that they do not belong to an aircraft," The Associated Press reported. Binis added that this has been confirmed by Egyptian authorities.
The update came amid conflicting reports from...
From the Left
EgyptAir Flight Believed to Have Crashed at Sea; Egypt Cites Possible TerrorismAn Egyptian jetliner carrying 66 people from Paris to Cairo abruptly swerved, vanished from radar and plunged into the Mediterranean early Thursday, shortly before it was scheduled to land. Egyptian officials said wreckage had been found and suggested terrorism was a more likely cause than technical failure.
The loss of the flight, EgyptAir 804, was the second civilian aviation disaster for Egypt in the past year. It immediately resurrected fears and speculation about the safety and security of Egyptian air travel and broader questions about terrorism against civilian air travel....
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