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Breaking News: EgyptAir Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo 'disappears from radar'
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cloud
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Probably the best source of accurate information:
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/579183-egyptair-804-disappears-radar-paris-cairo.html
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/579183-egyptair-804-disappears-radar-paris-cairo.html
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BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
An A320 - the reliable workhorse of the sky disappears from radar at 37k feet without warning and no squawk code on it's way to Egypt. Let's hope this isn't another horrific terrorist atrocity.
Only just caught up with this story.
Sad news, whatever the reason.
Sad news, whatever the reason.
Shropshire Seagull
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Assuming this is confirmed as an act of terrorism - Paris is fast becoming the terrorist epicentre of Europe.
Would our national security be affected by Brexit?
Would our national security be affected by Brexit?
SeagullofMalaysia
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Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
Confirmed as having crashed after swerves but no news yet on the cause.
We seem to be almost accepting of these kind of disasters these days and they are happening way more regularly than they did before the Air France airbus went down after leaving South American airspace in 2009
We seem to be almost accepting of these kind of disasters these days and they are happening way more regularly than they did before the Air France airbus went down after leaving South American airspace in 2009
An EgyptAir flight that went missing between Paris and Cairo has crashed, French President Francois Hollande has confirmed.
The Airbus A320 disappeared from radar at 02:30 Cairo time (00:30 GMT), soon after leaving Greek airspace.
There were 56 passengers - including three children - seven crew members and three security personnel on board Flight MS804, EgyptAir said.
Mr Hollande said all information confirmed that it had indeed crashed.
A major search and rescue operation is under way in the Mediterranean Sea, involving the Greek and Egyptian armed forces. France has offered to send boats and planes to help in the effort.
Both French and Egyptian officials have refused to be drawn on what brought down the plane, which had 30 Egyptians, 15 French citizens and one Briton among those on board.
Although there is no evidence yet to indicate a malicious attack, the spectre of terrorism inevitably looms over this latest aviation tragedy, says the BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner.
It was only seven months ago that a Russian passenger jet was brought down over the Sinai by the IS group, which has vowed to target Egypt and the Westerners who visit it, he notes.
Flight MS804 left Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris at 23:09 local time on Wednesday (21:09 GMT) and was scheduled to arrive in the Egyptian capital soon after 03:15 local time on Thursday.
EgyptAir said the plane had been flying at 11,300m (37,000ft) when it disappeared from radar shortly after entering Egyptian airspace.
Greek aviation officials said its air traffic controllers had spoken to the pilot a few minutes earlier and everything had appeared normal.
One official told AFP news agency the plane had crashed "around 130 nautical miles" off the southern Greek island of Karpathos.
Worrying
The Airbus A320 disappeared from radar at 02:30 Cairo time (00:30 GMT), soon after leaving Greek airspace.
There were 56 passengers - including three children - seven crew members and three security personnel on board Flight MS804, EgyptAir said.
Mr Hollande said all information confirmed that it had indeed crashed.
A major search and rescue operation is under way in the Mediterranean Sea, involving the Greek and Egyptian armed forces. France has offered to send boats and planes to help in the effort.
Both French and Egyptian officials have refused to be drawn on what brought down the plane, which had 30 Egyptians, 15 French citizens and one Briton among those on board.
Although there is no evidence yet to indicate a malicious attack, the spectre of terrorism inevitably looms over this latest aviation tragedy, says the BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner.
It was only seven months ago that a Russian passenger jet was brought down over the Sinai by the IS group, which has vowed to target Egypt and the Westerners who visit it, he notes.
Flight MS804 left Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris at 23:09 local time on Wednesday (21:09 GMT) and was scheduled to arrive in the Egyptian capital soon after 03:15 local time on Thursday.
EgyptAir said the plane had been flying at 11,300m (37,000ft) when it disappeared from radar shortly after entering Egyptian airspace.
Greek aviation officials said its air traffic controllers had spoken to the pilot a few minutes earlier and everything had appeared normal.
One official told AFP news agency the plane had crashed "around 130 nautical miles" off the southern Greek island of Karpathos.
Worrying
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Confirmed as having crashed after swerves but no news yet on the cause.
We seem to be almost accepting of these kind of disasters these days and they are happening way more regularly than they did before the Air France airbus went down after leaving South American airspace in 2009
I'm not sure anyone is accepting them are they? They are still spending millions try to MH370 after 2 years or so. They established the Germanwings was pilot suicide.
Although it seems like there are more, not sure there actually statistically is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_accidents_and_incidents
Mass murder.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 74,164
Confirmed as having crashed after swerves but no news yet on the cause.
We seem to be almost accepting of these kind of disasters these days and they are happening way more regularly than they did before the Air France airbus went down after leaving South American airspace in 2009
Air travel is still an incredibly safe mode of transport.
worthingseagull123
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- May 5, 2012
- 2,714
No more reliable than a Boeing.
Nevertheless a real tradegy. RIP to all those on board
GT49er
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Not if you're on the wrong plane at the wrong time, it isn't!
The same could be said about car, bus, train etc, far more road deaths than plane fatalities.
GT49er
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Car crash: a lot of people survive;
Bus or coach crash: nearly everyone survives;
Train crash: most people survive;
Ship wreck: a lot of people survive, usually;
Plane crash: you're dead.
What about the plane that crashed landed on the Hudson river?
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Odds of dying in a plane crash : 1 in 11 million.
Odds of dying due to a shark attack : 1 in 3.1 million
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Plane crashes have a 95% survival rate.
http://www.ibtimes.com/after-air-al...probability-chances-dying-plane-crash-1638206
And there's also a high probability that you have a fair amount of time to contemplate your demise as you descend from your lofty height!
And for that reason I'M OUT!