Eygpt crash

[simcoediver]

there goes any plans we had to do a future livaboard dive trip to the Red Sea, The wife says she's too scared to go now. EgyptAir flight MS804 crash: plane wreckage found near Greece – live

 

[dytis-sm]

There is definitely a lot of instability in the area but the odds of something like that happening again any time soon are very slim... I would not worry about it as there are better odds of getting killed while crossing a busy street in NYC.

 

[Stoo]

...the odds of something like that happening again any time soon are very slim... I would not worry about it as there are better odds of getting killed while crossing a busy street in NYC.

As long as you don't count the Russian flight last October... killing 224. The planes in seven months isn't a good thing. (Assuming this recent one crashed as a result of a bomb, and I don't think that there's anything other than speculation in this case...)

I am the least one to be paranoid, but the OPs wife may be on to something. Admittedly, the odds of being on a plane brought down by a terrorist are slim, but they're probably many times greater in the Middle East than they would be flying to many of the other great dive spots in the world.

 

[BRT]

there goes any plans we had to do a future livaboard dive trip to the Red Sea, The wife says she's too scared to go now. EgyptAir flight MS804 crash: plane wreckage found near Greece – live

Now says wreckage was not of that plane

 

[dytis-sm]

As long as you don't count the Russian flight last October... killing 224. The planes in seven months isn't a good thing. (Assuming this recent one crashed as a result of a bomb, and I don't think that there's anything other than speculation in this case...)

I am the least one to be paranoid, but the OPs wife may be on to something. Admittedly, the odds of being on a plane brought down by a terrorist are slim, but they're probably many times greater in the Middle East than they would be flying to many of the other great dive spots in the world.

You are right although the Russian plane although that was shot from the ground whereas this one seems like a planted bomb if it is not just a mechanical failure. Typically bombs blow up close to takeoff rather than close to landing. Either way security will be even tighter flying in from Europe. By no means advertise flying in the Middle East but I would not stop flying just because of this incident or any other like it.

 

[Skulmoski]

Scary thing is that the flight originated out of Paris!

My wife has asked me to cancel my planned trip to Sharm this June due to this crash (and the murder of police officers in Cairo a couple of weeks ago also put her on edge). I will try to get to Sharm in October instead.

However, our planned trip to Paris this summer has not been affected. Go figure!

GJS

 

[Stoo]

You are right although the Russian plane although that was shot from the ground whereas this one seems like a planted bomb if it is not just a mechanical failure. .

True enough, although at the end of the day, it's small consolation!

Listening to CNN this AM, the "experts" continue to strongly suggest it was a bomb, but so far, cite no evidence. It does seem like an unlikely event in that it occurred so long after take off. An American security analyst (whatever that is) has just said that he is not aware of and "sensors" picking up mid air explosions.

It does sound like they are starting to find wreckage and that the water is "only" about 1,000 - 1,500 feet deep, so presumably recovery of flight recorders is a possibility. I think yesterday they were speculating that the water depth could have been about 10,000'.

 

[docmartin]

You are right although the Russian plane although that was shot from the ground whereas this one seems like a planted bomb if it is not just a mechanical failure.

Not true - Russian plane from Sharm was brought down by a planted bomb.

 

[diverLux]

Hi,

I would suggest you log into BBC for up to date information
EgyptAir crash: Debris found from flight MS804 - BBC News

 

[scubadada]

You are right although the Russian plane although that was shot from the ground whereas this one seems like a planted bomb if it is not just a mechanical failure. Typically bombs blow up close to takeoff rather than close to landing. Either way security will be even tighter flying in from Europe. By no means advertise flying in the Middle East but I would not stop flying just because of this incident or any other like it.

The Russian airliner that departed from Sharm El Shiekh last October was brought down by a bomb. I believe you are confusing this with the Malaysian airliner shot down over the Ukraine in July, 2014.

The current EgyptAir catastrophe will do nothing to aid Egyptian tourism. My wife and I spent the 1st two weeks of February in Cairo and on the Nile. I just got back on May 8th from two fabulous weeks on the Red Sea Aggressor. I'm extremely grateful I had both of these fantastic experiences. This is quite sad.