'I’ll blow you up': EgyptAir passengers describe fear on flight MS181

Edit The Guardian 30 Mar 2016
People caught up in the ordeal say they feared a suicide belt worn by hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa was real ... Related. EgyptAir hijacking. from siege to surrender ... “This guy did all this because of his wife, who is in jail – I don’t know if they’re divorced or not ... Flights from many European countries and Russia to the key Sinai tourist town of Sharm el-Sheikh remain suspended following the downing of Metrojet flight 7K9268 last October ... ....

Major plane crashes in recent times

Edit Khaleej Times 19 Mar 2016
November 4, 2015. South Sudan Juba; Soviet Era Cargo plane;at least 41 killed. A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the airport in South Sudan's capital, killing at least 41 people on the flight and on the ground, an official and a Reuters witness said. Read more... October 31, 2015. Egypt - Sinai Peninsula; Airbus A321; 224 killed. Looping playback of #7K9268 ... Read more... ....

The man who listed the Egyptian president for sale on eBay

Edit Mashable 27 Feb 2016
"As a good citizen I tried to help him fulfill his wish," Ghaneim explained in an interview ... See also. For sale on eBay ... Image. eBay ... In his longest address since his official election in June 2014, he addressed Egypt's increasing economic woes and he provided the first confirmation from an Egyptian official that militants brought down Metrojet 7K9268, which crashed in Sinai in October, killing all 224 passengers on board ... 1, 2015. Image ... ....
photo: AP / Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations photo via AP
In this Russian Emergency Situations Ministry photo, made available on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, Russian Emergency Ministry experts work at the crash site of a Russian passenger plane bound for St. Petersburg in Russia that crashed in Hassana, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.

Egypt Concedes That Terrorists Caused Sinai Plane Crash

Edit Time Magazine 25 Feb 2016
Metrojet Flight 7K9268 — an Airbus A321-200 en route to St. Petersburg — disintegrated in midair less than a half an hour after leaving the airport in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on Oct. 31 ... [NYT].   ....

Harry Fear, war reporter: My top tips for graduate jobseekers on succeeding in an extreme environment

Edit The Independent 21 Jan 2016
I was in Gaza less for less than ten days before war broke out. My knee-jerk reaction was to use my experience of online streaming to set up my own Ustream.tv channel to relay a soundscape of Gaza City and to present breaking news with my humble webcam. I did this for between 12 to 16 hours each day ... This concludes reporting on the #7K9268 victims’ transfer operation for Sunday for RT's #SinaiCrash coverage ... 2) Risk management ... Twitter....

Israel Held ‘Largest Ever’ Air Combat Drill Nearby, On Same Day as Russian Sinai Crash

Edit GlobalResearch 09 Nov 2015
Last week, 21WIRE raised a number of the questions, including the possibility that Israeli intelligence could have been involved in the downing of Russian Metro Airlines Flight 7K9268. It’s no revelation that the Egyptian resort destination of Sharm El-Sheikh is… ... ....

Preliminary Thoughts

Edit GlobalResearch 06 Nov 2015
It is too early to draw definitive conclusions about the tragic plane crash of the Russian civil airliner 7K9268 in Sinai in which at least 224 people lost their lives. But that does not mean that one should refrain from… ... ....

State of bodies suggests mid-air explosion after...

Edit Topix 05 Nov 2015
In this Russian Emergency Situations Ministry photo, made available on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 Russian Emergency employees collect personal belongings of a plane crash victims at the crash site of a passenger jet bound for St ... Four days into the investigation into the fate of Flight 7K9268, the Egyptian government said there was no evidence to support claims by Russian officials that the Airbus A321 "broke up in the air" ... ....

First Data From Kogalymavia Flight Recorders Extracted

Edit Sputnik 05 Nov 2015
The first data from the black boxes of Kogalymavia's ill-fated flight 7K9268 has been extracted, Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said Thursday ... ....

Stoking Fear of Flying to Russia

Edit GlobalResearch 05 Nov 2015
It’s way too early to know why Russian Kolavia Metrojet Flight 7K9268 crashed 23 minutes after takeoff from Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt en route to St. Petersburg, Russia – killing all passengers and crew members. At least weeks are needed to… ... ....

Sharm el-Sheikh: Russian plane crash causes fatal blow to Egypt’s struggling tourism industry

Edit The Independent 05 Nov 2015
Sharm el-Sheikh, a network of opulent resorts, sandy beaches and neon-lit bars, had remained the last stronghold of Egypt’s struggling tourism industry, the cornerstone of its economy ... Tourism, a vital source of employment to many Egyptians, is now at risk ... In a speech the day after flight 7K9268 crashed in Sinai, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi appealed for patience ... Read more....

Russian plane crash: Baggage handlers interrogated

Edit Canberra Times 05 Nov 2015
Sharm el-Sheikh.  A baggage handler at Sharm el-Sheikh airport may have smuggled a bomb on board Flight 7K9268, investigators suspect. British passengers preparing to return home have been told they cannot put any luggage in the hold, which is being treated as the weak link in security. Instead their luggage will be carried in a separate cargo plane ... EasyJet emailed passengers expecting to fly home on Friday to say ... ....

Russian plane crash: Bomb fear as Britons wait to fly home

Edit Canberra Times 05 Nov 2015
Sharm el-Sheikh.  Up to 20,000 British tourists were waiting to be evacuated from Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday night after David Cameron suspended all flights to and from the Egyptian resort amid fears a bomb brought down a Russian passenger jet. Downing Street said its latest information suggested Flight 7K9268 "may well have been brought down by an explosive device" ... He said ... James Oliver, from London, said ... ....
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