Mystery Deepens Over Russian Airliner Crash in Egypt

New York Times ^ | November 2, 2015 | NEIL MacFARQUHAR

[Poser]

NYT article. No excerpt.

[Poser]

It's interesting that the Russian ex-pilot is named Smirnov. I'm not sure I want to fly with him.

[driftdiver]

From what I’ve read I think you’d be hard pressed to find a sober pilot over there.

[SkyDancer]

The NYT just wants to stir up stuff, to sell their dead trees.

[Don Corleone]

As in all these events, time will tell...maybe...if governments penchant for secrecy doesn’t get in the way like with the TWA shoot down. Oops, I meant fuel tank explosion.

[PGR88]

“Mystery Deepens” translates to - ADHD US media isn’t being given info by Russia or Egypt fast enough to prevent them from becoming hysterical.

By day 3 of such a disaster in the USA, CNN would have been 72 straight on the story, the trial lawyers would have swarmed and we’d already be reading human interest stories about the transsexuals on board who had to overcome their fear of flying in a cis-sexual world.

[dfwgator]

Where’s Michael Rivero when you need him?

[Vigilanteman]

Smirnov is almost as common of a surname in Russia as Jackson or Wilson is in the United States. Not as common as vodka, grant you, but common enough.

[SunkenCiv]

• Russian airliner Flight KGL9268 crashes in central Sinai
• Russian airliner missing over Sinai
• Russian airliner crashes in central Sinai -- Egyptian PM
• Egypt: Russian plane crashes with over 200 passengers in Isis stronghold in Sinai
• Russian Airliner With 224 People Aboard Believed Shot Down By Missile Over Central Sinai
• You Tube video from ISIS with picture of downed flight 7K9268 (?)
• Islamic State claims responsibility for Russian plane crash in Egypt
• Russian plane crash: Isis responsibility claim rejected -- latest updates
• Zero Hedge shows plane shot down.
• Air France, Lufthansa stop Sinai overflights after Russia crash
• Sinai plane crash: No survivors on Russian airliner KGL9268
• WATCH: ISIS Released Video Showing Russian Airliner Crashing in Sinai Egypt
• Did Hillary's Libyan "Rebels" Just Shoot Down Passenger Plane? [imaginary MANPADs from Libya]
• Egyptian rescue team hear voices in crashed Russian plane
• Co-pilot of doomed Russian jet had doubts about plane's safety, wife says
• (Metrojet) Flight 7K9268 Broke Into Pieces Midair, Too Early to Determine Cause
• Russia: Metrojet plane broke up at high altitude
• The Latest: Russian plane to evacuate crash victims' remains
• Sinai plane crash: 'External influence' caused crash
• Only external force could have broken apart crashed Russian airliner -- owner

[Vigilanteman]

Correction to my post #7. It is actually more like Smith or Jones, this source says it is the most common surname in Russia.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

“...with company executives ruling out technical or human error only to be upbraided by aviation officials who called such assertions premature.”

Don't forget the obstruction of the NTSB investigation into Egypt Air flight 990, by the Egyptians.

[Da Coyote]

I will wait for a report from a real news source.

[McGruff]

This is new.

The airline of the jet that crashed into the Sinai had not paid its staff in over two months, Russian news agencies have reported.

The widow of the doomed jet’s co-pilot, Sergey Trukhachov, said that he had not been paid for three months.

[Red Badger]

I’ve never needed him............................

[Noumenon]

Wasn't he also on that Russian TV program So You Think You Can Drink?

[dirtymac]

Yes! but it is reported by the NYT. Therefore, before you believe anything it must be vetted as to what the NYT is trying to project or to protect. How will it benefit the democratic mafia? where any Christians involved? Are there any direct or indirect enemies of the United States? etc.

I wish I could say this is a {sarc} post, but it is probably true.

[SkyDancer]

Conspiracy theorists need something to keep them going. Otherwise they have no meaning for their lives.

[McGruff]

Breaking on CNN: Final cockpit transmission

But what does it mean?

[BfloGuy]

Looks to be as simple as Muslim revenge for the Malaysian plane shot down over The Ukraine.

[steve86]

“From what I’ve read I think you’d be hard pressed to find a sober pilot over there”

That’s really not the impression I get watching the bombing campaign.

[ichabod1]

Americans are silly, a few belts makes a pilot perform BETTER!