The problem with a severe malfunction is that pilots could have radioed for help very quickly. They did not. The hundreds of posts are interesting especially form the experienced pilots.
Egypt Air had that plane that ‘disappeared’ out of New York a few years back, Flight 990 in 1999. Something about one of the pilots needing to see Allah prior to landing? To avoid any hint of bias, that Germanwings crash in 2015 was determined to be a suicide by the co-pilot. How do you protect yourself from that nut BEHIND the yoke?
As for this one, it is still too early to know for sure but at least it is not like that Malaysian Air flight in the south Indian Ocean, so far away from everything.
God’s blessings on all of the innocents who have died here.
Are they discussing whether the ACARS transmissions indicate that the trouble all started in or near the cockpit.
If you go by the general pilot rules....once encountering some type of serious emergency where you need to take the plane down in altitude....you make a 90-degree right turn...which is what they did. From that point, no radio contact. I think whatever happened....affected the communications capability of the plane (massive failure). I will predict once they get the boxes back and examine things...the crew probably had 60 seconds or less because they impacted on the water, and their comms were wiped out.
I will note...nothing presents any evidence of a terror act yet. Notice no one is bragging for their organization?
Or a stinger from sinai
Mr GG2, a pilot and former employee of Boeing says the gyrations of the plane’s final movements have all the earmarks of a wing falling off probably due to an explosion.
According to the Guardian
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/579183-egyptair-804-disappears-radar-paris-cairo-2.html
‘EgyptAir says that the plane’s emergency devices (possibly an emergency locator transmitter or beacon) sent a distress signal that was received at 4.26am, some two hours after the previously stated last radar contact.’
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