{"id":3318,"date":"2015-11-09T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thediplomaticenvoy.com\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2015-11-09T14:41:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T19:41:22","slug":"possible-terror-involved-in-sinai-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2015\/11\/09\/possible-terror-involved-in-sinai-plane-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Terror Involved in Sinai Plane Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

By<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Nicholas Elden<\/strong><\/a>
\nStaff Writer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

On October 31,\u00a0a Russian commercial jet crashed in Egypt\u2019s Sinai region, killing all 224 people onboard.\u00a0The plane vanished from radar screens 25 minutes after takeoff. Lufthansa and Air France responded\u00a0by rerouting flights over the region as more details emerged about the crash.\u00a0The self-proclaimed Islamic State group\u00a0claimed responsibility for the incident several hours after the crash.<\/p>\n

While advanced\u00a0surface-to-air technology, such as man-portable air defense systems, may be available to take down aircrafts with ease, their range is limited.\u00a0Pilot error and technical malfunctions have still not been ruled out as causes of the crash.\u00a0CNN reports, \u201cInvestigators analyzing flight recording data have concluded that the explosion that took down the plane was \u2018not accidental.\u2019”<\/p>\n

British\u00a0Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond stated about the crash, \u201cWe have concluded that there is a significant possibility that the crash was caused by an explosive device on board the aircraft,\u201d reports BBC. On November 5, United States and European security officials concurred that\u00a0a bomb may have been placed on board the plane by militants.\u00a0This was denied by Egypt\u2019s Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal said, \u201cThere had been no sign of any problems onboard the flight.”<\/p>\n

The widow of the flight\u2019s co-pilot, Sergei Trukhachev, stated that her “husband had complained the plane\u2019s condition \u2018left much to be desired\u2019 during a telephone call before the flight left Sharm el-Sheikh.\u201d The plane was confirmed to be in fair condition upon takeoff and confirmation about the exact cause of crash are still being debated upon, pending review of the plane\u2019s black box.<\/p>\n

Andrew Roth and Griff Witte of\u00a0the Washington Post\u00a0report that U.S. President Barack Obama and other Western officials are aware of the alleged bomb theory. President Obama stated in a radio interview with Seattle-based KIRO Radio, \u201cWe\u2019re going to spend a lot of time just making sure our own investigators and own intelligence community find out what\u2019s going on before we make any definitive pronouncements. But it\u2019s certainly possible that there was a bomb on board.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia Today\u00a0confirms that three British airlines will conduct flights for thousands of British tourists in Sharm el-Sheikh. Russian officials still refuse to verify any of the causes that brought the jet down. U.S. Congressman\u00a0Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told Russia Today, \u201cAll the available evidence so far indicates that the Russian airliner crash was caused by an Islamic State bomb attack.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The widow of the flight\u2019s co-pilot, Sergei Trukhachev, stated that her “husband had complained the plane\u2019s condition \u2018left much to be desired\u2019 during a telephone call before the flight left Sharm el-Sheikh.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3101,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,388],"tags":[401,448,465,483,586,587,588],"class_list":["post-3318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","category-mid-east","tag-russia","tag-terrorism","tag-isis","tag-egypt","tag-sinai","tag-plane-crash","tag-aviation"],"yoast_head":"\nPossible Terror Involved in Sinai Plane Crash - 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