"Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry initially ruled out terrorism, calling the crash an "accident" apparently caused by a mechanical problem. Egypt's civil aviation minister says there was some sort of malfunction and there was little the crew could do to save to plane"
How in a few hours does this Minister know all this? And if he does, why doesn't he elaborate on the specifics of the problem if it was only mechanical?
In the US, would we accept it if Rumsfeld got on the air a few hours after a crash like this and said "oh, it was all mechanical, we just know this" and nothing more was said?
This thing does smell bad.