UPDATE...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1050977/posts "French, American experts to help investigate Egyptian plane crash" (too soon to rule out terrorism?)
News24 Houston ^ | Jan. 3, 2003 | AP
Posted on 01/03/2004 11:32:43 AM PST by FairOpinion
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- The United States and France are sending experts to Egypt to help investigate the crash of a charter jet shortly after takeoff from a Red Sea resort.
All 148 people on board the Flash Airlines charter -- mostly French tourists -- were killed. Egypt's foreign minister blames the crash on mechanical failure, not terrorism.
But it happened as the British prime minister was visiting the resort, and during a week of delayed and canceled international flights amid fears of possible terrorist acts."
Amazing how the Egyptian 'authorities' can rule out terrorism and discern mechanical failure minutes after the crash. Who do they think they are? The NTSB, the CIA?