Airbus Down in Sinai

[TamaraSavannah]

Russian airliner crashes in central Sinai - Egyptian PM - BBC News
Damn!

[Ethereal]

Let's hope that there are survivors. The last few major airplane crashes have always been 100% fatal, frighteningly so.

Let's also hope that it's not an airline shootdown or pilot suicide. There's something suspicious about its crash site.

[Chava61]

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsCont...o-Rescue-.aspx

[TamaraSavannah]

As posted one hour ago (from post #1)
//www.city-data.com/forum/curre...own-sinai.html

[hawaiiancoconut]

What another tragedy . Its seems planes are falling out of the sky in that part of the world.

[Pruzhany]

Al-Mokadem said that the pilot sensed the failure and reported to the aviation authorities that he wanted to land at the nearest airport, adding that the plane seems to have crashed while attempting to land at Al-Arish Airport in North Sinai.

Hope this is correct, if not the Eastern border of Egypt is going to have some serious issues from Russia. That flight path has seen numerous terrorist activities on the ground over the past few years.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Ethereal

Let's hope that there are survivors. The last few major airplane crashes have always been 100% fatal, frighteningly so.

Let's also hope that it's not an airline shootdown or pilot suicide. There's something suspicious about its crash site.

It says right there in the article that there are no survivors.

[himain]

Very very horrible. RIP

[Suburban_Guy]

Officials first said it was a technical issue, but now Islamic State claims responsibility. Who knows, but RIP to the victims, what a horrible way to die.

Islamic State claims responsibility for Russian plane crash in Egypt

[Unsettomati]

Originally Posted by Suburban_Guy

Officials first said it was a technical issue, but now Islamic State claims responsibility. Who knows, but RIP to the victims, what a horrible way to die.

Islamic State claims responsibility for Russian plane crash in Egypt

Well, there is an ISIS presence in Sinai and anti-Russian sentiment in ISIS probably runs pretty high right now. So a shootdown wouldn't be much of a surprise.

On the other hand, it's a Russian airline. Russian airlines have an accident/flight rate about twice as high as countries in Africa (now that's a mind-bogglingly bad performance!). So a mechanical problem and/or pilot error would be no surprise.
Egypt plane crash: The tragic recent history of Russian aviation | Middle East | News | The Independent

Really, it could be either.

This is a reminder of just how few major incidents there are in North American and/or involving North American airlines anymore. Since the last major airline disaster in the United States (the Airbus that went down in Queens in November 2001), the worst incidents have been a couple of medium-range commuter airline crashes that killed ~50.

In the 1990s, there were half a dozen North American crashes that killed at least 100, and a bunch more that killed at least 50. Ditto for the 1980s and 1970s - and there are far more fights nowadays than back in the so-called 'golden age' of air travel.