Egypt Airliner CRASHED in Egypt

KINGTV News-Seattle | 1/2/2004 | ME

[Gorons]

Local news just flashed that an Egypt Airliner has crashed in Egypt...

Reporting majority of ~135 passengers are French tourists....

[stlnative]

Charter Plane Carrying 135 Bound for Cairo Crashes

Saturday, January 03, 2004

CAIRO, Egypt — A charter airliner with 135 people aboard -- most of them French tourists -- crashed shortly after takeoff early Saturday from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh (search), airport officials in Cairo (search) said. There was no immediate word on the fate of the passengers.



The Boeing 737 (search) jet took off shortly before 5 a.m. (10 p.m. EST) and quickly disappeared from radar about seven miles south of the airport, said airport officials, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity.

The officials said 127 passengers and eight crewmembers were aboard the jet operated by the private Egyptian company Air Flash (search), and most were French tourists.

[Gorons]

How long until Dean blames it on Bush?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Prayers everyone, for the people on board.

Be ever vigilant....

[stlnative]

Link to story...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,107288,00.html

[COEXERJ145]

Reports are it is a Boeing 737-3Q8 with 141 people on board.

[relee]

CAIRO, Egypt - A charter airliner with 135 people aboard — most of them French tourists — crashed into the Red Sea shortly after takeoff early Saturday from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, according to airport officials in Cairo. No survivors were immediately found.

The Boeing 737 jet took off shortly before 5 a.m. (10 p.m. EST) and quickly disappeared from radar about seven miles south of the airport, airport officials said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

The officials said 127 passengers and eight crew members were aboard the jet operated by the private Egyptian company Air Flash en route to Cairo, and most were French tourists.

Rescue teams rushed to the scene but found no immediate survivors.

An initial statement from the Ministry of Civil Aviation called the crash an "accident" and said crews were searching for the wreckage. It gave no ideas on the possible cause.

[KneelBeforeZod]

"religion of peace bump"

[Gorons]

Another look at Egypt Air crash

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© 2001 WorldNetDaily.com


Nearly two years before the Sept. 11 terror attacks, Egypt Air Flight 990 took off from Kennedy Airport bound for Cairo and inexplicably crashed into the Atlantic off Nantucket, Mass., killing all 217 aboard.

U.S. investigators determined the relief co-pilot, Gamil el-Batouty, deliberately crashed the plane. Those findings were released just five months before Sept. 11.

Batouty's last words, according to investigators, were in the form of Muslim prayer in Arabic: "I rely on Allah." He said it 11 times before the aircraft began its sudden descent from 33,000 feet to 16,000 feet.

More here:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25523

[mercy]

Well, If they can't kill Americans .... French will do.

[COEXERJ145]

Here is a Picture of a 737 of the airline but no idea if it is the one that crashed.

[xp38]

An eyebrow raiser for sure.

[Mo1]

Rescue teams rushed to the scene but found no immediate survivors.

Prayers to all that were on board

[Central Scrutiniser]

There was a charter airline there that ran the new TU-204 planes which were the Russian 757 ripoffs, it could be that one. If so, it would be the first ever crash of the type.

[First_Salute]

Bump.

[VOA]

Here is a Picture of a 737 of the airline but no idea if it is the one that crashed.

I know this is conspiracy-theory stuff...but I wonder how certain it is that
it actually went into the water...
instead of some terrorist flying it under the radar and headed for some
target of opportunity (in Israel, Baghdad?)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Every crash should be viewed as caused by terrorists until investagation proves otherwise!

That would help the officials responsible for security!

[bluefish]

Very sad. Prayers for the victims and their families.

[stlnative]

Egyptian plane crashes, 141 on board

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Saturday, January 3, 2004 (Cairo):


An Egyptian charter plane with 135 passengers and six crew members on board crashed into the Red Sea early today.

The plane was headed for the coastal resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, Cairo airport officials said. Most of the passengers were French tourists.

Pieces of wreckage from the plane, a Boeing 727, operated by a private Egyptian Company Flash Air were found off the coast of the Red Se resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh.(PTI)

http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Egyptian+plane+crashes%2C+141+on+board&id=46890

[WackyKat]

I heard it on CTC too.

Hold your head up high-CTC is where you get the real news.

[oceanperch]

Yes.....Prayers before tin foil.

Charter flight would that be equal to a business flight meaning not a large Airline...developing...