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| Cause of Sinai plane crash unknown, but Israel already prepared |
| 2015-11-04 |
| [Jerusalem Post] The conflicting reports from senior Russian officials about the circumstances behind Saturday's crash of an Airbus A-321 in Sinai, in which 224 passengers and crew were killed, only serve to increase the spread of rumors and conspiracy theories. In actuality, nobody yet knows what caused the plane to go down. A senior official from the Russian airline that operated the plane, Kogalymavia, claimed at a press conference in Moscow on Monday that only "an external force" could have caused the plane to blow apart in the air, fueling speculation among those who believe that the crash was caused by an act of terror. However, the head of Russia's State Civil Aviation Authority, Alexander Neradko, said that claims of external forces causing the crash "are not based on facts." According to Neradko, it is too soon to determine the cause of the tragedy. Only a thorough probe of the plane's fragments, and analysis of the black box - the device that records flight data - can help Russian and Egyptian aviation investigators come to a clear conclusion. Slipping to final paragraphs. If indeed the crash was caused by "an external force," as the airline representative claimed, which is not a technical failure, and again, it must be stressed that this is solely speculation, the more likely possibility is that a bomb was placed on Flight 9268. Such incidents have happened before. One instance in particular comes to mind, the tragedy of Pan Am Flight 103 from Frankfurt to New York on Christmas 1988. A bomb was placed on the flight by Libyan intelligence agents that caused it to explode above Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 259 passengers and crew members. Egyptian security forces are well aware of the danger posed by terrorists, and airport security checks at Egyptian airports are stringent. However, no security apparatus is 100 percent immune to terrorist breaches. In any event, at this stage conclusions cannot be drawn. And even if, eventually, it emerges that this was an act of terror and sabotage, there are no major implications for Israel. The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) is responsible for securing flights to and from Israel, and it, as well as the IDF, has already for a number of years taken into account that Sinai Province terrorists could try to target planes coming from and going to the Israeli airports near the Egyptian border - Eilat and Uvda. The necessary precautions against such attempts have been taken. Furthermore, some Israeli planes have recently been outfitted with anti-missile systems. As for security checks on the ground prior to flights, Israel is considered the most meticulous in the world (sometimes at the expense of passenger comfort, the right to privacy and racial or religious discrimination). |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 I went to Israel in 2011. Flying home, I went thr |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-11-04 15:51 |
| #1 Security "at the expense of passenger comfort, the right to privacy and racial or religious discrimination"??? Where can I get summa dat? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2015-11-04 15:12 |