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EgyptAir flight MS804: French investigators says fire likely cause
BBC ^ | 7 July 2018

Posted on 07/08/2018 11:48:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The crash of EgyptAir flight MS804 in 2016 was probably caused by a fire in the cockpit, French investigators say.

France's civil aviation accident bureau, known as BEA, said in a press release on Friday that "the most likely hypothesis is that a fire broke out in the cockpit while the aeroplane was flying at its cruise altitude and that the fire spread rapidly resulting in the loss of control of the aeroplane".

The agency said that the crew could be heard discussing a fire on the cockpit voice recorder and that systems on board had detected smoke inside the aircraft.

The BEA has said it is awaiting Egypt's final report into the crash to understand the differences in their conclusions.

Thirty Egyptians, 15 French nationals and one Briton were among the dead.

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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: egyptair; egyptairms804; fire; french

1 posted on 07/08/2018 11:48:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Begs the question...
What caused the fire?


2 posted on 07/08/2018 12:03:28 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: HangnJudge

Low CO2 levels.


3 posted on 07/08/2018 12:18:15 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: BenLurkin

AirBus. ‘Nuff said.


4 posted on 07/08/2018 12:46:46 PM PDT by beelzepug (The permanent political class that runs this country is...the great(est) danger we face)
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To: beelzepug

Add in inshah allah brand maintenance...


5 posted on 07/08/2018 1:07:53 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: BenLurkin

aeroplane?


6 posted on 07/08/2018 5:33:05 PM PDT by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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