[WackyKat]

Sorry, but when I hear crash, charter, poor country, and fog, it is usually a normal crash. I spent lots of time at an airline and studied lots of crashes, it happens, all the time.

Sure, that's true.

And sometimes a suicide in Arkansas is just a suicide.

But sometimes it's not

[stlnative]

Egyptian Charter Jet Crashes Into Red Sea
17 minutes ago

By MOHAMED KHALIFA, Associated Press Writer

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 crash occurred amid a week of heightened concerns about terrorist threats from the air that have led to increased security and canceled flights around the world.


But 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.


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.


A Guinean-registered Boeing 727, carrying mostly Lebanese passengers, plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the West African nation of Benin on Dec. 25, killing at least 130 of the 161 people aboard.


Sharm el-Sheik is a popular Red Sea tourist resort that also frequently hosts major political and economic summits. Egypt has held several meetings on peace in the Middle East there, including one in which President Bush (news - web sites) met with regional leaders in June over the "road map" plan toward creating a Palestinian state.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Yeah, but I spent lots of time working in the industry, and have lots of pilot friends. Planes crash, overwhelmingly without a conspiracy behind them. Take off the tinfoil and wait for actual DATA before you go off half cocked and ready to start pointing fingers at the NWO, the Illuminati, the Bilderbergers, Al Queda etc....

Occam's Razor...

[JSteff]

I would love to know what our listening posts in the area have on this. Also I am sure every flight in the ME is spooked by the AWACS in the area.

Possibly more details will be revealed.