"A bim?"
Posted on 05/21/2016 1:28:34 PM PDT by tellw
Data from the final moments before EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed into the Mediterranean suggest an "internal explosion" tore through the right side of the aircraft, a pilot said last night.
Investigators trying to determine whether the A320 was brought down by terrorism or a technical fault are poring over a series of warnings indicating smoke filled the cabin shortly before it disappeared from radar.
French authorities confirmed that smoke detectors went off aboard the flight a few minutes before it crashed but said it was not clear what caused the smoke or fire.
A commercial pilot with a major European airline told The Telegraph that other parts of the data log suggested that windows in the right side of the cockpit were blown out by an explosion inside the aircraft.
"It looks like the right front and side window were blown out, most probably from inside out," said the pilot, who flies an A330 similar to the crashed A320 and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The data was taken from the plane's Acars system, which sends short transmissions from the aircraft to receivers on the ground.
Until investigators find the aircraft's black boxes, which are still missing in the Mediterannean, the Acars offers the best sens on what was happening aboard.
Three different warnings showed there were faults in the windows next to the co-pilot, suggesting they could have been blasted outwards by an onboard bomb. That does not mean the explosion came from the cockpit but indicates the right side of the plane was more badly damaged than the left.
The pilot suggested the smoke detectors may have been triggered not fire but by fog which filled the cabin as it lost air pressure in the moments after the explosion
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
"A bim?"
[”It looks like the right front and side window were blown out, most probably from inside out,”]
Uhh,,,,,,
Need less airport security. And those invasive scanners aren’t needed. /s
As the Wizards of Smart told us all week,
“Donald Trump, jumped the gun in saying this was probably a terrorist attack.
We really need a cool calm collected pResident. One like cool, calm, collected pResident nObama.”
Sum-a-Gun. Wrong again.
As the Wizards of Smart told us all week,
“Donald Trump, jumped the gun in saying this was probably a terrorist attack.
We really need a cool calm collected pResident. One like cool, calm, collected pResident nObama.”
Sum-a-Gun. Wrong again.
So how well are flight crew screened and vetted? What are the chances the first officer when all aloha snackbar and decided to get himself some virgins...???
Can’t Stump The Trump.
This is impossible.
Why did you post this nonsense!?
Just yesterday, Fox News robot Greg Palkot said anyone speaking of anything other than mechanical failure has been nixed.
NIXED!
and now you go speaking of a bim...
When do we stop this foolishness and annihilate them all?
Could it be?? Could it be?? Could be?? Another case of work place violence?
Stop profiling those Mooslems and strip search more 90 year old grandmas!
Solution: Ban Muslims from flying! Make all the men ware pink head scarves & shoes. Women have to have a red tatoo on their noses.
Place bacon on all seats.
No Muslims can work at or near airports.
The article doesn’t actually say anything about debris much less a bomb...
What if this is a French terror group. If the usual suspects aren’t claiming responsibility just maybe it is revenge by French nationals. Farfetched yes but France has a history of off the wall crap.
When I think about a fire, without an “explosion” I wonder what a pile of thermite would do if it were placed at the proper spot in the aircraft. That stuff would go through the body of the aircraft like a hot knife through butter. And it would be easy to get onboard.
French authorities are screening 85,000 employees with “red badge” access to restricted parts of the airport. 85,000!!?? Some of them only screened with a check for no criminal record and not (yet) being on a terrorist watch list. Great. How many people have access to the sensitive areas of a typical large US airport?
“and now you go speaking of a bim...”
A bim?
Does your dog bite?
Fox will be upset, since they are pushing a non-terrorist event and disproving Trump’s assertion that he is 100% sure it is a terrorist incident.
“Just yesterday, Fox News robot Greg Palkot said anyone speaking of anything other than mechanical failure has been nixed.”
Yes. Every talking head on Fox was pushing the theory that this couldn’t possibly be terrorism, but is surely mechanical failure (to the point where some of their own guests were snickering at them).
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