Posted on 10/31/2015 5:13:29 AM PDT by Enlightened1
A Russian civilian aircraft crashed moments after it went missing in Egypt's Sinai region on Saturday.
There were said to be 217 passengers and seven crew members on board when Egypt's air traffic control lost contact with the aircraft, according to reports.
Egyptian prime minister Sherif Ismail has confirmed that the Russian plane crashed near Nekhel in the north of Sinai, and has set up a cabinet level crisis committee to investigate, according to AFP
The Russian airline Kogalymavia flight was on its way to Russia after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh resort on the Red Sea. Most people on the plane were Russian tourists, and there were at least 17 children on board.
Russia's RIA news agency has now reported that the plane developed technical problems and the pilot had sought to make an emergency landing in Cairo.
According to reports, the plane crashed in a mountainous area.
"Military planes have discovered the wreckage of the plane... in a mountainous area, and 45 ambulances have been directed to the site to evacuate dead and wounded," the Egyptian cabinet said in a statement.
Local media had reported that the plane has crashed, while other news agencies were citing Egyptian officials saying that the plane had left the national airspace safely.
The Sinai Peninsula region in Egypt has been restive for the past several months, with increasing Isis attacks reported in the area.
Russia began conducting airstrikes against Isis targets in Syria on 30 September.
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This is common and doesn’t mean a thing. Whenever something happens then various terrorist groups want to take credit for it. For them it is looking like a winner. There were 3 separate Muslim terrorist groups who announced to take responsibility for the bombing in Norway by Breivik.
Oops, sent that as aFReepmail on accident...
Aren’t they the muzzies in NW China?
Not in straight and level flight without extreme weather or other external force, not buying it. Too coincidental over enemy territory.
That’s what I suspect. The plane was too high for a MPAD.
The question is who was on board that aircraft that was so important to take out?
That’s why I am now leaning towards this was not ISIS, but probably a Russian Intel guy or General. I have no proof... Just a gut feeling.
I duuno seems alot of A320 have crashed recently or maybe its just me. If its aint Boeing I aint going period.
Exactly. Who caused it to fail?
According to that site his flight has landed. Guess he’s reached a decision and has a plan! ;)
Initial flight path was along the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba in order to avoid low-level flight across Indian territory.
Turned left toward Russia when it had to for straight line to St Petersburg.
If it turns out to have been a missile fired by ISIS did Obama supply the more advanced missile to them? He does like to sneak guns to the bad guys.
“The question is who was on board that aircraft that was so important to take out?”
Probably no one. Sharm El Sheik is a cheap and nasty resort and important people wouldn’t go there. Most likely everyone in this plane was poor.
[Or the typical lack of a measurable safety margin built into Russian aircraft?]
Heard on the News a little while ago that the pilot’s wife claims the pilot was complaining about problems with the airplane.
Sounds like Flight 800. Is the CIA going to whip up another cartoon?
"We have had a complete loss of telemetry from the orbiter. Obviously some sort of major malfunction."
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