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In reply to the discussion: EgyptAir says flight from Paris to Cairo with 69 people on board 'has disappeared from radar' [View all]Renew Deal
(81,856 posts)19. CNN: 10 miles into Egyptian Airspace (not Egypt). 37,000 feet and rising
The fact that it was rising sounds like it's unusual.
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EgyptAir says flight from Paris to Cairo with 69 people on board 'has disappeared from radar' [View all]
milestogo
May 2016
OP
You should then supply the administrators with an objective list of "trusted sources"
LanternWaste
May 2016
#86
Link to flight track - it blinked out over the Mediterranean coming into Alexandria
Yo_Mama
May 2016
#8
Does it mean anything that it accelerated and changed course 3 degrees in the last report?
Renew Deal
May 2016
#28
I've just been looking through the log. Looks like it was on autopilot except maybe for last
Yo_Mama
May 2016
#39
Best case 'bad' scenario would be the transponder being disabled for a hijacking nt
Joe the Revelator
May 2016
#36
Generally only national militaries have those types of missiles - but Greeks say calls unanswered.
Yo_Mama
May 2016
#84
I think we might be able to exclude terrorists because usually they boast about it right away
cstanleytech
May 2016
#82
It wasn't rising - speed was accelerating a bit; it had been at 37,000 for most the flight
Yo_Mama
May 2016
#24
I would think the Israelis, Greeks, Turks, Egyptians and any one else with assets
Yo_Mama
May 2016
#55
Indeed, that is quite bothersome. It will cause a lot of pain, hoping they find something out
uppityperson
May 2016
#66
Nationalities of passengers were fifteen French and a number of Egyptian,
No Vested Interest
May 2016
#69
EgyptAir says a signal, perhaps an emergency locator, was received within the hour. nt
No Vested Interest
May 2016
#70
EgyptAir plane crashed off Greek island of Karpathos in Egyptian airspace: Greek airport source
MowCowWhoHow III
May 2016
#73
Not really; they have the precise moment this disappeared off radar
muriel_volestrangler
May 2016
#100
I passed through Paris two weeks ago...didn't notice any appreciably stricter security.
brooklynite
May 2016
#98
Egyptian military says debris from EgyptAir flight MS804 found in sea
muriel_volestrangler
May 2016
#101