[Gorons]

You mentioned Mubarek grooming his son as successor:

Egypt president Mubarak says won't bequeath power to son
Ha'aretz, Israel - Jan 1, 2004 - ... The regime of Egypt is a republican regime and there is no inheritance of power," Mubarak said in a telephone interview broadcast on state television ...

Mubarak rules out hereditary succession - Al-Jazeera - Assad visits Egypt as the American noose tightens around Syria - Cairo Times ...

Mubarak: My son will not take over presidency - Middle East Online ...

All those bylines dated Jan 1, 2004...

[Finalapproach29er]

Engine out, you could dead stick back to the airport or ditch. Catastrophic failure-and immediate if there was no mayday sent.

Losing all engine power would still leave 90sec.-2 min.

It ended instantaniously by violence to the airframe. I would speculate elevator accident like Alaska Air, or bomb,missile terror. IMO

[hershey]

'American noose tightens around Syria'....I like the sound of that.