Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Would a surface to air missile reach 37,000 ft?

They can reach 15 miles, that is 79200 feet.

Yes. Do you remember the Malaysia Airlines 17 flight shot down over the Ukraine?!
It had been mid flight Amsterdam to Malaysia!! It had nothing to do with what was going on on the ground.
It was shot down by a Russian BUK surface to air missile- by separatists who were far too stupid to realize that this was not the Ukrainian cargo plane they thought it was.
I am still so upset every time I think about that one.

Was Russia ever held accountable for this tragedy? This is a sincere question - I have not heard anything about what happened in regard to this.

No. The continue to deny, deny, deny despite evidence to the contrary.

It’s so sad that we live in a world that the first thought that comes to mind after a plane crash/disappearance is terrorism.
I know it’s a possibility, but it is just so sad that this is where we are.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you people are making flat out stupid remarks and not even knowing what your talking about. Missiles and all. Pretty obvious it was another bomb on board just like the last Russian plane.

This is the likely scenario only because while a surface to air missile would have been capable of hitting the plane, these missiles are not that easy to get your hands on making a bomb-on-board scenario just a more likely scenario.

I feel either scenario is just as likely. It is difficult to get a bomb passed security too.

http://www.ilmessaggero.it/primopiano/esteri/aereo_scomparso_egyptair_parigi_cairo_804-1743167.htm

Italian media is reporting wreckage found off island of Karpathos.

The video of the fireball in the greek sky is still unconfirmed.

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Anonymous wrote:The thought of a plane with a bomb on board that originated from CDG is incredibly frightening. They have very good security.

While it's very likely this was just an accident, this plane was on its 5 flight of the day. It had previously been in Tunisia and Eritrea. Could have easily been a timed device was hidden somewhere before CDG.

Aviation experts have told AFP that the chances of a mechanical malfunction in the case of Thursday's EgyptAir disappearance are slim.

"A major technical fault - the explosion of a motor, for instance - seems improbable," said aeronautics expert Gerard Feldzer, underlining that the A320 in question was "relatively new", having entered service in 2003.

"In addition, the A320 has an excellent safety record as the best-selling, medium-range airliner in the world. An A320 takes off or lands every 30 seconds around the world."

"It's a modern plane, the incident happened in mid-flight in extremely stable conditions. The quality of the maintenance and the quality of the plane are not in question in this incident," Jean-Paul Troadec, former director of France's aviation Bureau of Investigation and Analysis, told Europe 1 radio.

Egyptair "is a company with authorisation to operate in Europe, so it is not on any blacklist," he added.

-The Telegraph

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Anonymous wrote:I am concerned that the lack of distress call or communication points more to foul play, rather than a slower decent due to a malfunction.

Please stop speculating. If there's an emergency, communicating is not exactly the top priority.

Greek media is reporting a distress call about 2 hours after loss of communication.

Anonymous wrote:The thought of a plane with a bomb on board that originated from CDG is incredibly frightening. They have very good security.

Perhaps it was placed in a less secure airport and was no blown up into later.

Anonymous wrote:The thought of a plane with a bomb on board that originated from CDG is incredibly frightening. They have very good security.

While it's very likely this was just an accident, this plane was on its 5 flight of the day. It had previously been in Tunisia and Eritrea. Could have easily been a timed device was hidden somewhere before CDG.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would a surface to air missile reach 37,000 ft?

They can reach 15 miles, that is 79200 feet.

Yes. Do you remember the Malaysia Airlines 17 flight shot down over the Ukraine?!
It had been mid flight Amsterdam to Malaysia!! It had nothing to do with what was going on on the ground.
It was shot down by a Russian BUK surface to air missile- by separatists who were far too stupid to realize that this was not the Ukrainian cargo plane they thought it was.
I am still so upset every time I think about that one.

Was Russia ever held accountable for this tragedy? This is a sincere question - I have not heard anything about what happened in regard to this.

Anonymous wrote:I am concerned that the lack of distress call or communication points more to foul play, rather than a slower decent due to a malfunction.

Please stop speculating. If there's an emergency, communicating is not exactly the top priority.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would a surface to air missile reach 37,000 ft?

They can reach 15 miles, that is 79200 feet.

Yes. Do you remember the Malaysia Airlines 17 flight shot down over the Ukraine?!
It had been mid flight Amsterdam to Malaysia!! It had nothing to do with what was going on on the ground.
It was shot down by a Russian BUK surface to air missile- by separatists who were far too stupid to realize that this was not the Ukrainian cargo plane they thought it was.
I am still so upset every time I think about that one.

Greek media claiming aircraft dropped from 37K/ft to 9K/ft dramatically. No other media is confirming this.

Could be a suicide like that one that crashed into the mountain.

Here is the staff list: So sad


Pilot: Mohammad Saed Ali Ali Shakier

Co-Pilot: Mohammad Ahmad Mamdooh Ahmad Asem

Flight Attendants:
Mirvat Zakarya Zaki Mohammad
Atef Lotfi
Samar Ez Al-Deen Safwat
Yosuf Haitham Mustafa Abd Al-Hameed Al-Azizi
Yara Hani Faraj Tawfeek

Security:
Mahmood Ahmad Abd Al-Razzaq Abd Al-Kareem
Ahmad Mohammad Mojdi Ahmad
Mohammad Abd Al-Moniem Alghnimy Al-Kyal

Anonymous wrote:Some of you people are making flat out stupid remarks and not even knowing what your talking about. Missiles and all. Pretty obvious it was another bomb on board just like the last Russian plane.

The Russian plane was flying out of Egypt and someone put something in the cargo hold. And it flew out of Sinai, where there has long been a terrorist presence. I was just hoping France's security is much better than Egypt's.

It was not my husband's business partner's plane, FWIW. But still it it so sad.

The thought of a plane with a bomb on board that originated from CDG is incredibly frightening. They have very good security.

Anonymous wrote:Some of you people are making flat out stupid remarks and not even knowing what your talking about. Missiles and all. Pretty obvious it was another bomb on board just like the last Russian plane.

This is the likely scenario only because while a surface to air missile would have been capable of hitting the plane, these missiles are not that easy to get your hands on making a bomb-on-board scenario just a more likely scenario.