Sad that so many innocent people had to die. It will take a long time for the Egyptian tourist industry to pick up because of this atrocity.and, consequently many Egyptians will be out of work.
Black box recordings from doomed Russian plane point to bomb and ‘violent, sudden’ end
European airlines prepared to bring home thousands of tourists from the Red Sea resort, which has been a jewel in Egypt’s tourism crown.
PUBLISHED : Saturday, 07 November, 2015, 11:08am
UPDATED : Saturday, 07 November, 2015, 11:08am
Agence France-Pressein Paris
President Vladimir Putin ordered flights to Egypt halted, although Moscow had previously downplayed reports that a bomb caused the crash. Photo: AP
Analysis of black boxes from the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt killing 224 people points to a bomb, sources close to the probe said on Friday, as Moscow halted flights to the country.
Meanwhile, British airlines were scrambling to evacuate passengers in Sharm el-Sheikh after cancelling flights to the Red Sea resort from which the doomed Airbus took off.
The flight data and voice recorders showed “everything was normal” until both failed at 24 minutes after takeoff from the Sharm el-Sheikh resort Saturday, pointing to “a very sudden explosive decompression,” one source said.
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24 minutes to failure: Black box recordings from doomed Russian plane point to bomb and ‘violent, sudden’ end
Black box recordings from doomed Russian plane point to bomb and ‘violent, sudden’ end
European airlines prepared to bring home thousands of tourists from the Red Sea resort, which has been a jewel in Egypt’s tourism crown.
PUBLISHED : Saturday, 07 November, 2015, 11:08am
UPDATED : Saturday, 07 November, 2015, 11:08am
Agence France-Pressein Paris
President Vladimir Putin ordered flights to Egypt halted, although Moscow had previously downplayed reports that a bomb caused the crash. Photo: AP
Analysis of black boxes from the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt killing 224 people points to a bomb, sources close to the probe said on Friday, as Moscow halted flights to the country.
Meanwhile, British airlines were scrambling to evacuate passengers in Sharm el-Sheikh after cancelling flights to the Red Sea resort from which the doomed Airbus took off.
The flight data and voice recorders showed “everything was normal” until both failed at 24 minutes after takeoff from the Sharm el-Sheikh resort Saturday, pointing to “a very sudden explosive decompression,” one source said.
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24 minutes to failure: Black box recordings from doomed Russian plane point to bomb and ‘violent, sudden’ end