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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It could be a small airline company sticking up for itself. The Russian government has already threatened to sue the pants off it for "malpractices" and the co-pilot's wife was making derogatory comments about the airworthiness of the plane
The truth is no one knows what caused this disaster yet, and probably won't for some time
The truth is no one knows what caused this disaster yet, and probably won't for some time
We'd already concluded that the cause would be a missile or a bomb inside the plane - we were hoping we were wrong. :(
If it is one of these, it may backfire on ISIL, I can't see Putin being backwards in putting boots on the ground. Still a small possibility of mechanical failure, I suppose, but my hopes are not high.
If it is one of these, it may backfire on ISIL, I can't see Putin being backwards in putting boots on the ground. Still a small possibility of mechanical failure, I suppose, but my hopes are not high.
I think you need to be clear that this report from the BBC is actually based on a disclaimer by an official of Metrojet. It does not come from any evidence as yet provided by the investigators.
It isn't true what the guy says, namely that a plane can only break up in mid air due to an external impact or influence. A Japan airlines plane did just that a few years ago, after a faulty tail section repair, and this plane was also known to have undergone a similar repair, On the other hand, the airline does have a good safety record.
Reports indicated that there was a fire in the rear of the Russian plane, whose rear section broke away from the rest of the aircraft, and that does sound similar to the scenario on the Japanese plane.
On the other hand again, a bomb or missile remains a possibility unless and until ruled out
It isn't true what the guy says, namely that a plane can only break up in mid air due to an external impact or influence. A Japan airlines plane did just that a few years ago, after a faulty tail section repair, and this plane was also known to have undergone a similar repair, On the other hand, the airline does have a good safety record.
Reports indicated that there was a fire in the rear of the Russian plane, whose rear section broke away from the rest of the aircraft, and that does sound similar to the scenario on the Japanese plane.
On the other hand again, a bomb or missile remains a possibility unless and until ruled out
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I'm putting my hard-earned 90p on it being a catastrophic structural failure, especially as the parts of the plane that separated appear to have been subject to a comparatively clean break. That suggests the plane did not blow apart. I believe the last "successful" bombing of an aircraft took place 11 years ago (and in fact was a double suicide bomb attack on Russian planes - but this was probably not a suicide attack, given the passengers were all on a return flight) It's actually very, very hard, thankfully, to perpetrate such a crime successfully.
If it was a missile then we should all be very worried as it would mean IS have acquired the weaponry, training and backup radar to take out high altitude passenger planes.
As far as speculation goes, it's all the rage at the moment, so AB might as well join in :-)
If it was a missile then we should all be very worried as it would mean IS have acquired the weaponry, training and backup radar to take out high altitude passenger planes.
As far as speculation goes, it's all the rage at the moment, so AB might as well join in :-)
Without being 100% sure, it seems every passenger on that plane was returning from a holiday.
If you were on a suicide bombing mission, you'd think that it would make more sense to get it over and done with sooner rather than later.
If that wasn't the case, assuming that they didn't carry it with them on the flight out also, which seems so unlikely as to be more or less impossible, then they'd have needed an assistant on the other side, which is possible of course, but still seems bizarre. More likely, as I said elsewhere, that a non-passenger in Egypt smuggled a bomb on board. But you've got to look at the sheer rarity on this type of incident. When the evidence stacks up in favour of foul play then I'll hastily take my 90p back, but at the moment it would seem to suggest otherwise.
If you were on a suicide bombing mission, you'd think that it would make more sense to get it over and done with sooner rather than later.
If that wasn't the case, assuming that they didn't carry it with them on the flight out also, which seems so unlikely as to be more or less impossible, then they'd have needed an assistant on the other side, which is possible of course, but still seems bizarre. More likely, as I said elsewhere, that a non-passenger in Egypt smuggled a bomb on board. But you've got to look at the sheer rarity on this type of incident. When the evidence stacks up in favour of foul play then I'll hastily take my 90p back, but at the moment it would seem to suggest otherwise.
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