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EgyptAir Flight MS804 disappears from radar during Paris-Cairo flight
BNONews ^ | 5/18/16

Posted on 05/18/2016 8:11:51 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper

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Headline on some major news sites, waiting for info....
1 posted on 05/18/2016 8:11:51 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
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To: Sleeping Freeper

Bump


2 posted on 05/18/2016 8:13:02 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Sleeping Freeper

That’s a long flight on a 737, yes?


3 posted on 05/18/2016 8:13:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Sleeping Freeper

all up at the snack bar


4 posted on 05/18/2016 8:14:29 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: Sleeping Freeper

Alan is at the bar again. Prayers for all on board, except the Islamof**ks who brought it down.


5 posted on 05/18/2016 8:14:52 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Sleeping Freeper

Has the msm blamed Trump’s rhetoric yet?


6 posted on 05/18/2016 8:17:43 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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2000 mile flight . I’m looking at deltas sky magazine and they lost the 737-800 as having a range of 2930 miles.


7 posted on 05/18/2016 8:20:44 PM PDT by barmag25
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To: barmag25

I meant to say list not lost.


8 posted on 05/18/2016 8:21:45 PM PDT by barmag25
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To: Sleeping Freeper

When a commercial airliner disappears from air traffic control RADAR, it first means the aircraft is no longer squawking, meaning the electronics on board are not communicating with the air traffic control system. It does not mean the RADAR stopped seeing a return, a “skin paint” from the aircraft.

It could mean it was turned off and the aircraft diverted.
It could mean the aircraft crashed.

We shall see.


9 posted on 05/18/2016 8:21:46 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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“It could mean it was turned off and the aircraft diverted.”

Interesting point...


10 posted on 05/18/2016 8:23:21 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
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Prayers for all onboard.

Sure doesn’t sound good.


11 posted on 05/18/2016 8:24:51 PM PDT by comebacknewt (Newt (sigh) what could have been . . .)
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To: Sleeping Freeper

Originates from a country overrun by Muslim immigrants headed for a county recently controlled by the Muslim brotherhood.

What could possibly go wrong?


12 posted on 05/18/2016 8:28:15 PM PDT by lightman (I'm nobody special...just a follower of the siren call of the Ison.)
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Looking at Flight Aware - looks like last contact was over the ocean.


13 posted on 05/18/2016 8:28:28 PM PDT by acw011 (Great Goooogly Mooogly!)
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It could mean it was turned off and the aircraft diverted.

That's so 2001 /x

14 posted on 05/18/2016 8:31:41 PM PDT by lightman (I'm nobody special...just a follower of the siren call of the Ison.)
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Wonder if Kerry’s visit has anything to do with this?

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Kerry-in-Cairo-today-for-talks-with-Sisi-454299


15 posted on 05/18/2016 8:31:45 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
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Looking at Flight Aware - looks like last contact was over the ocean.

Last contact 2600 ft altitude at 149 kts. Long descent over the Med for landing at Cairo.

Very low. Shoot down possibility.

16 posted on 05/18/2016 8:32:33 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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/x = /s

Too much bourbon.


17 posted on 05/18/2016 8:32:46 PM PDT by lightman (I'm nobody special...just a follower of the siren call of the Ison.)
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Too much bourbon.

Have you considered applying for a pilot job with Northwest Airlines? /sarc>

18 posted on 05/18/2016 8:35:25 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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Sounds like NW needs you to do more to qualify than just slur your typing.

/s


19 posted on 05/18/2016 8:40:08 PM PDT by lightman (I'm nobody special...just a follower of the siren call of the Ison.)
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Full Disclosure: a few years back, before they got acquired by Delta, there were two or three incidents within a couple of weeks of each other, where Northwest Pilots got caught with elevated blood alcohol content either right before or right after a flight. Since they were headquartered in Minneapolis/St. Paul, there was a lot of local fuss about it.

Sarcasm at them, not you.

20 posted on 05/18/2016 8:42:19 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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