Tag: Air Crashes

Putin’s Dilemma: How To Respond If A Bomb Caused Sinai Air Crash

Aviation, Drones, Disasters, Middle East, North Africa, Terrorism
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(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Steve Gutterman – November 5, 2015) Mounting evidence that an onboard bomb brought down the Russian jet that crashed on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing 224 people, poses a tough new dilemma for President Vladimir Putin: how to respond. If the theory of a terrorist attack is borne out, it will look like exactly what Islamic State […]

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The crash of the Russian airliner in Egypt: Theories abound

Aviation, Drones, Disasters, Middle East, North Africa, Terrorism
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The investigating authorities have not yet released an official explanation of what caused Oct. 31 plane crash in Egypt, which killed all 224 people onboard. However, experts have come up with three different possible explanations of what happened. They share one common thread: the plane broke into pieces while still in the air at a high altitude due to an […]

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