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Sinai plane crash: 'unusual sounds' emitted from cockpit
The Week ^ | November 3, 2015

Posted on 11/03/2015 7:28:42 AM PST by McGruff

Unusual sounds were emitted from the plane that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula last week, according to a transcript of the cockpit recording obtained by the Russian news agency Interfax.

An international investigation into the cause of the crash is currently underway and investigators are analysing the two flight data recorders for vital information about the last few moments of the flight.

Interfax reports that it has obtained a transcript of one of the recordings, though this has not yet been independently verified. An unnamed source quoted by the agency said "sounds uncharacteristic of routine flight were recorded preceding the moment that the aircraft disappeared from radar screens".

The recording suggested that the situation had developed "suddenly and unexpectedly" and no mayday call was issued, the source added, according to The Guardian.

There is growing confusion around the cause of the tragedy, with various lines of inquiry being investigated by Egyptian and Russian authorities.

Russia is yet to rule out the possibility of a terrorist attack, but Egypt's president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi today dismissed claims that militants linked to Islamic State brought down the plane as "propaganda".


TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: airbusa321; egypt; eritrea; flt9268; iran; isis; kgl9268; kogalymavia; metrojectflt9268; metrojet; redsea; russia; scotlandyard; sharmelsheikh; sinai; sinaiplanecrash; stpetersburg; suezcanal; unitedkingdom; yemen
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The latest speculation.
1 posted on 11/03/2015 7:28:42 AM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Were the sounds, Ka-boom” or “Allah Hu Akbar” and then, “Ka-boom”?


2 posted on 11/03/2015 7:30:28 AM PST by Netz
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To: McGruff

Al-loo-a-hack-bagh?


3 posted on 11/03/2015 7:35:40 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: McGruff

Could be pilot/copilot sabbatoge. One of them seized controls and maneuvered aircraft in a way that broke it up. The sounds could have been a struggle or stabbing.

But I did hear this aircraft had experienced serious tail damage in a prior incident so mechanical failure remains the most likely cause.

That and the Kenyan


4 posted on 11/03/2015 7:36:52 AM PST by keat
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To: Netz

Wasn’t there a Nicholas Sparks novel called ‘The Pilot’s Wife’ where a bomb was hidden in the captain’s flight bag by his mistress, unbeknownst to him?


5 posted on 11/03/2015 7:37:03 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: McGruff

The sounds of metal and bending and tearing?


6 posted on 11/03/2015 7:39:19 AM PST by null and void (We are AmeriCANs. We CAN learn, and learn from history, if we choose.)
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To: Netz
Perhaps a version of the mile-high club that went horribly wrong....

Bath house to heaven....?

Any “goat” sounds?

Now mind you I am just spek-u-laten’.

:-)

7 posted on 11/03/2015 7:40:17 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: Netz

ahah Great Minds Think Alike..


8 posted on 11/03/2015 7:41:00 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
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To: keat

Years back there was a B747 with a repaired pressure patch in the tail section that failed. Plane disintegrated. It was determined that it was a bad repair job.


9 posted on 11/03/2015 7:42:44 AM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: JEDI4S
Perhaps a version of the mile-high club that went horribly wrong....

But what a way to go...

10 posted on 11/03/2015 7:46:14 AM PST by Old Sarge
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To: null and void
More speculation Breaking from RT

The nature of passengers’ injuries from the Russian jet that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai on Saturday may indicate that an explosion took place aboard before the plane hit the ground, an Egyptian doctor who examined the bodies said, Sputnik news agency reported.

"A large number of body parts may indicate that a powerful explosion took place aboard the plane before it hit the ground," an Egyptian forensic expert told the agency.

11 posted on 11/03/2015 7:46:44 AM PST by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: SkyDancer
It was determined that it was a bad repair job.

Couldn't be that in this case because it was an Aeroflot plane, known to be always well maintained. ;-D

12 posted on 11/03/2015 7:47:48 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Old Sarge

Wanna bet the goats’ name was Billy?

I’m just saying.....

:-)


13 posted on 11/03/2015 7:49:47 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: JEDI4S

Definitely no Nanny-cam present...


14 posted on 11/03/2015 7:51:56 AM PST by Old Sarge
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To: SkyDancer

The JAL crash. US repair crew did a bad job. The tail was found separate from the plane. Just as in this case. Which, unfortunately doesn’t rule out an onboard explosion.


15 posted on 11/03/2015 7:54:42 AM PST by Justa
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16 posted on 11/03/2015 7:55:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: keat
Could be pilot/copilot sabbatoge.

Or it could be sabotage. One or the other. ;-)
17 posted on 11/03/2015 7:56:10 AM PST by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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To: Old Sarge

:-)


18 posted on 11/03/2015 8:07:07 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: GingisK
“Couldn't be that in this case because it was an Aeroflot plane, known to be always well maintained.”

Metrojet, not Aeroflot. But I get your point.

19 posted on 11/03/2015 8:09:00 AM PST by riverdawg
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To: McGruff
It appears as though our gov't has decided that the closely held capabilities of Sbirs isn't worth worrying about. So they said there was a "heat flash", but no "heat plume".

That suggests an explosion in, or from, the aircraft.

Very strange that we would reveal that information, given that a short investigation will answer the questions.

20 posted on 11/03/2015 8:09:53 AM PST by diogenes ghost
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