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| Police dismiss terrorist link to Air France crash |
| 2009-06-11 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Two passengers on the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic shared names with terror suspects but this was a simple coincidence, police said Wednesday, ruling out a link to the accident. Earlier, the website of the news magazine L'Express reported that French agents were making inquiries after finding the names of two suspected Islamist militants on AF 447's passenger manifest. A security services source told the French weekly that the link was "highly significant" and was being taken "very seriously" as agents attempted to find family members. But a senior French officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the names were "simple namesakes" and dismissed the notion that the suspects were on board, adding that this line of enquiry had been dismissed. Other possible scenarios being looked into are a system malfunction and speculation has arisen that the speed sensors may have been faulty meaning the plane was flying either too slow or too fast in a violent storm over the Atlantic. Officials, however, have made it clear that until the elusive black boxes are recovered it may never be known what caused the crash that killed all 228 people on board. A French nuclear submarine launched a high-tech undersea sweep today to track down the black boxes. For the past week Brazilian and French forces have been scouring the ocean in an attempt to recover bodies and debris from the site and so far 41 bodies have been recovered. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 They're damn quick to post NO, IT CAN'T BE TERRORISTS without ANY info, I sense a closed mindset. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-06-11 17:34 |
| #1 Joseph Mendiola posted a Chi mil forum comment claiming some top Chinese nuke scientists were on board--two suspected Islamists also on board would be an unbelievable coincidence. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-06-11 08:35 |