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....

[Prodigal Son]

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LOL, what are you guys brothers?

[babygene]

"I would say that the people of France, with the contempt that they show for Americans, reap what they sow...

Wow, it sure is great to meet you Mr. Jesus Christ, so glad that you can pass blanket judgement on 140 people that you KNOW NOTHING ABOUT and condemn them to their death.

"" Can you read?? I have said nothing about these passengers except that it was tragic, and they didn't deserve to die...""

Are you for real? Do you think? Have you travelled, do you have a passport, do you know any French people?

""The answer to this of course is Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes and Yes.""

Such a fine christian you are, condemning 140 strangers to their death, wow, does that make you feel powerful?

""Why do you assume I am a Christian? And if you could or would take the time to read, instead of running off at the mouth, you would realize that I condemned no one to die. I indicated that I felt bad about them... Hell, I don't even support the death penalty for Saddam.(or anyone else for that matter)""

""And by-the-way, the proper thing is to capitalize "Christian"...""

[onyx]

My favorite "motion pic" of all. What an actor. LMAO every time you post it.

[My Dog Likes Me]

I thought this 737 might be overloaded.

Now, we can watch the spectacle in coming days of Egyptian aviation officials blocking attempts by McDonnell-Douglas to help in the investigation.

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A rescue helicopter flies over the Red Sea off the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh after an Egyptian Boeing 737 airliner crashed into the Red Sea Jan. 3, 2004, after take-off killing all 135 passengers and six crew an aviation ministry source said. (Ruben Sprich/Reuters)

[autoresponder]

My lib NYC sister loves Egypt; went there twice, when things heated up Egyptians she knew told here to forget it.

I know lots of Egyptians that tell they have no reason to even ever visit there again and most are Muslims.

Dead serious and nothing will change their minds either.

Beats a travel brochure or a TV ad.

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Little Wreckage at Egypt Air Crash Site -Witness
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CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) - Little wreckage could be seen in the Red Sea where an Egyptian passenger plane crashed on Saturday and no survivors have yet been brought to shore, a witness said.


"You can see very small pieces of wreckage," Rolf Schmidt, manager of Sinai Divers center, said. "We have not seen any survivors brought ashore yet," he said, adding that the crash site could be seen from shore.


An aviation ministry source said the Boeing 737 airliner crashed into the Red Sea after take-off from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all 135 passengers and six crew.


Schmidt said helicopters were hovering over the site and about 10 boats were involved in the rescue operation.

[slimer]

Blairs Escape to Egypt

[beaversmom]

Maybe Chiraq will have to surrender on this headscarf deal.

[My Dog Likes Me]

This crash made me think of those German tourists who were killed in 1999 or 2000 while on a pyramid tour in Egypt.

[stlnative]

Check this out...


A truck drives at dawn on the way leading to the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in the resort and immediately went into talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak .(AFP/Marwan Naamani) AFP - Dec 24 9:05 AM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Syrian President Bashar Assad smiles during his talks with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak Wednesday, Dec.24, 2003, at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, 500 km southeast of Cairo.Talks focused on the Middle East peace process and bilateral relations . (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) AP - Dec 24 6:54 AM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures during his talks with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak , not in the picture, Wednesday, Dec.24, 2003, at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, 500 km south East of Cairo.Talks focused on the on the Middle East peace process and bilateral relations . (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) AP - Dec 24 6:53 AM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak , right, meets with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003, at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, 500 km southeast of Cairo. Talks focused on the Middle East peace process and bilateral relations . (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) AP - Dec 24 6:14 AM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dervishes : Egyptian whirling dervishes take part in a peace rally in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. (AFP/Marwan Naamani) AFP - Dec 18 3:02 PM

[Prodigal Son]

This is all I could find on the FR search engine on that:

Eiffel Tower terror and fantasy (from May 23, 2002)

I know it was discussed more on FR though.

[stlnative]

Egyptian plane crashes into Red Sea, at least 141 people killed
5 minutes ago Add Top Stories - AFP to My Yahoo!



CAIRO (AFP) - An Egyptian plane carrying 135 mainly French tourists and at least six crew crashed into the Red Sea shortly after take-off from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all on board, officials said.


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The crash came amid heightened air security, particularly by Britain, France and the United States, in the face of fears that a passenger airliner could be used for a terror attack.


"All people who were aboard the plane are dead," Osama al-Sayed, a senior official with the plane's owner Flash Air told reporters.


The plane disappeared from the radar screens of Cairo airport at 4:44 am (0244 GMT), minutes after taking off from the Red Sea resort's airport, the civil aviation authority said.


According to the Al-Ahram newspaper, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (news - web sites) was scheduled to go to Sharm el-Sheikh Saturday for talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites), who is holidaying there.


Airport officials said Egyptian naval and airforce units were conducting search operations, while the Egyptian news agency MENA reported that only one body had so far been pulled from the water.


"No survivors have been found after five hours of searching, and only one piece of airplane debris has been recovered," Sayed added.


The Boeing 737 had 129 French tourists on board and six Egyptian passengers, civil aviation authorities said.


State television said that in addition the plane carried a relief crew of seven as well as a working crew of six.


"The aircraft landed in Sharm el-Sheikh at 3:30 am (0130 GMT) carrying Italian tourists. It took off again an hour later with French tourists headed for France," the television said.


"Contact with the control tour was lost around 4:40 am (0240 GMT), a few minutes after take-off."


Pieces of wreckage from the plane were found in the sea about 15 kilometers (nine miles) south of Sharm el-Sheikh, civil aviation authorities said.


Flight 604 had been due to land at Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport at 9.00 am (0800 GMT), the Paris airport authority said.


The French foreign ministry said its diplomatic services were on an emergency footing in both Paris and Cairo, seeking to find out the circumstances of the crash.


The crash came just days after a similar accident in the tiny West African state of Benin, when a plane owned by Guinean-based airline UTA skidded into the sea off the capital Cotonou, killing 139 people, many of them Lebanese.


Several British, French and Mexican flights to the United States have been cancelled in recent days.


Washington and London have been on heightened alert throughout the Christmas and New Year period because of fears of a terror attack, possibly an attempt by al-Qaeda to repeat the September 11 suicide plane attacks.





On December 28, the British government warned that an extremist attack could be in the final stages of preparation in Saudi Arabia and advised British nationals not to travel to the oil-rich kingdom.

The last major incident involving an Egyptian plane occurred in May 2002 when an Egyptair Boeing 735 crash-landed near Tunis, killing at least 14 people, although most people on board survived.

In October 1999, an Egyptair Boeing 767 crashed off the US Atlantic coast, killing all 217 people aboard. US investigators blamed the co-pilot.

[stlnative]

only small pieces of the plane are being found and the plane went down close to the coast so they were not very high up. It makes me wonder if it had a bomb on it.

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I am signing off... have a good day!