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Russian passenger aircraft with 220 onboard goes off radar, crashes over Egypt
A Russian plane carrying over 220 people has been lost from radars, according to sources in the Russian and Egyptian air traffic controllers. It's been reported that the plane crashed over Sinai. Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail confirmed that the Russian plane did go missing over Sinai and said a cabinet-level crisis committee has been formed to deal with the incident. Kolavia Flight 7K9268, an Airbus A320, went off radar 23 minutes after taking off the Sharm El-Sheikh International… (www.rt.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
From the video it appears as if the aircraft stuck the ground like a pancake landing. There doesn't seem to be any or little in the way of high speed impact. The silhouette of the wings and fuselage show catastrophic fire. The tail is some distance away from the main wreckage but the nose and cockpit area show little impact damage. You can clearly see the radar antenna and the area where the radome would fasten. One of the initial pictures showed the nose upside down but intact. The latest shows someone has righted the front, presumably to recover victims. My thoughts and prayers go to the families of the victims..
First reports of claims by ISIS they destroyed the aircraft are coming in. IT's not in their usual way to claim things so quickly, let's see what the investigation will show.
I would doubt terrorism. The aircraft was above 30000 when it had problem and that is above what a man portable surface to air missile(SA-7, Stinger) is capable of.
Also a columnist from Daily Beast wrote the aircraft had a tail strike many years ago whilst flying for MEA.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/31/did-accident-from-14-years-ago-doom-russian-plane-over-egypt.html
Also a columnist from Daily Beast wrote the aircraft had a tail strike many years ago whilst flying for MEA.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/31/did-accident-from-14-years-ago-doom-russian-plane-over-egypt.html
ISIS could use the terrain as its advantage to gain altitude. The area near the plane crash can range fro 7 to 10 thousand feet. Plenty of room for a SA-16 or IGLA model s manpad to do the job.
10,000 foot elevation and an 11,000 foot ceiling from launch still does n or add up to 30,000 feet.
According to a couple google searches the max altitude of the SA-16 is 3500 meters, seems still a bit short for FL300. Too soon to tell. Thoughts and prayers for the families.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dcc_1446472746