Posted on 11/18/2015 8:32:23 AM PST by McGruff
A bomb that downed a Russian plane in Egypt last month had been placed in the aircraft's main cabin not in the cargo compartment as reported earlier, the daily Kommersant said on Wednesday citing an unnamed source.
The newspaper, citing a source close to the investigation of the crash, said the epicenter of the explosion appeared to have been at the rear of the cabin near the tail section.
"According to a preliminary version, the bomb could have been laid under the passenger seat by the window. Its operation has led to the destruction of the frame and depressurization of the cabin, which had an explosive character," the newspaper said.
ISIS claim they bombed Russian plane using this Schweppes pineapple drinks can
Islamic State claims this picture reveals the bomb which brought down the Russian jetliner killing 224 people – disguised as a drinks can.
The image appeared in the latest edition of the extremists’ magazine Dabiq.
The edition celebrates the recent Paris attacks and is entitled ‘Just Terror’.
The magazine also claims to have images of passports belonging to victims who perished after the Metrojet flight exploded over Sinai.
It disintegrated in mid-air 23 minutes after taking off from popular tourist resort Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt for St Petersburg on October 31.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/russian-plane-crash-isis-release-6855639
This is supposedly a photo of the type of the device used or even possibly the actual device before it was detonated. At least that is what ISIS says
The photo ISIL posted made it look like a beer or soda can.
If it was stuck in a seat back, no one probably would have paid attention. Or if a maintenance guy dropped it into a toilet, no one would have seen.
It would have been in the drink cart. Chances are they were not high enough for drink service to be started yet, and if they did, what are the chances a can placed at the back of the cart would have been selected.
And, the initial reports of comms about landing or turning around have been disavowed.
Really?
It could be a prototype. They could have taken it before the flight? It could be a lie.
The answers to your question are self evident.
I dig, but SOMEBODY had to push the button, and if the bomb was in the control cabin, all signs would logically point to one of the crew being compromised...
I understand what you are saying and already thought of those answers.
My question still stands as the TEXT ON THE PHOTO says it is THE device, not THE TYPE OF DEVICE.
It also may simply be due to 'translation'.
A point made on another thread is... Why would they show it to us so we could be more prepared to prevent such bombings ? Could it be they 'gave' us that picture to throw us off to what the real bomb might look like ?
I am skeptical of everything because most of the pablum we are fed is made from cow manure.
Ping.
You've ever been on a flight you know the cleaning crew comes on board right after landing....and there's all sorts of trash and debris to clean up on the floor and under seats
So one of the cleaning crew just conveniently leave the soda can bomb somewhere under the seat.. looking like forgotten trash
Lets face it the cleaning crew people are usually going to be the lowest people on the pecking order easiest job to get....
easiest path of least resistance to penetrate security, easiest vector to get in
‘If that’s a clock, I’m the Queen of England’: Sarah Palin
You a perhaps a little too literal.
Well... as I said it could be a photo of the actual device used. They could have taken a photo of it before they planted it. I see no reason for them to tell us what devices they are using but these people are crazy to begin with.
What if it was placed into the drink cart drawer in such a way that as soon as the flight attendants began to get ready for cabin service, and slid the drawer out to count how many of each drink they had, the switch was activated by the motion of sliding the drawer out and the switch clicking against the bottom of the drawer above?
Nobody has to push a button.
The bomb could be triggered by either a simple timer, or an altimeter. Even more sophisticated would be a an altimeter trigger which started a timer so it would go off some time after reaching altitude.
The simple timer could go off on the ground if there are delays. The simple altimeter guarantees everyone is killed, as the aircraft blows up in flight, but most of the time it is still over land and the debris can be recovered, as happened here. The altimeter/timer combination can be set to go off over water which makes recovery and forensics much more difficult.
I vote for theory it was some type of altimeter bomb to make the aircraft was actually in flight before the explosion , not delayed on the Tarmac
The detonation at 31k feet was the same altitude as PanAm 103 was detonated as I recall - sufficient altitude that only a relatively small explosion would set off a catastrophic and violent decompression
But rather than being on a beverage cart That could be moved, I think they would have placed it where it would blow off the tail
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2857174
very strange, or is it?
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