Bomb probably brought down Metrojet plane

[Velar Fricative]

Well, guess I was wrong. Possibly ISIS or an affiliate. Based on US intel.

www.cnn.com/2015/11/04/africa/russian-plane-crash-egypt-sinai/

[cattledogkisses]

Does this mean that those of us traveling over the holidays can look forward to extra-special TSA screenings?

(I realize that they don't believe it was carried onto the plane by a passenger, but this is the TSA we're talking about, after all.)

[ttt]

I just hope this means the people on the plane died instantly and never knew what happened

[MrsAxilla]

Nov 4, 2015 21:36:46 GMT -5 ttt said:

I just hope this means the people on the plane died instantly and never knew what happened

I don't know.  I do know only a few bodies (near where they think the bomb detonated) showed scorching.  The majority did not.  I don't know what happens when a plane breaks apart at that altitude, but I don't think it's instant death....

[ttt]

Nov 4, 2015 22:21:48 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Nov 4, 2015 21:36:46 GMT -5 ttt said:

I just hope this means the people on the plane died instantly and never knew what happened

I don't know.  I do know only a few bodies (near where they think the bomb detonated) showed scorching.  The majority did not.  I don't know what happens when a plane breaks apart at that altitude, but I don't think it's instant death....

After I posted that, I fell down an internet rabbit hole and ended up reading things about the Lockerbie bombing that I really, really wish I could un-know.  

[twotrue]

:-(

[summer]

Nov 4, 2015 22:21:48 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Nov 4, 2015 21:36:46 GMT -5 ttt said:

I just hope this means the people on the plane died instantly and never knew what happened

I don't know.  I do know only a few bodies (near where they think the bomb detonated) showed scorching.  The majority did not.  I don't know what happens when a plane breaks apart at that altitude, but I don't think it's instant death....

I just gagged reading your response. I simply can't imagine it without feeling like I want to cry. 

My flying anxiety gets worse every year, I swear. 

[tres3]

why did I read this. We are flying to Kenya in less than 2 weeks.

[downtoearth]

I was listening to NPR today and they said it was likely brought on the plane, if it was a bomb, and to not jump to conclusions yet. I guess they got the black box, but the voice recorder was not working or didn't have info to recover or something. So they have the plane information, but not the pilot's discussion on the incident.

If it is a bomb, I just hate the vulnerability that this marks and the hundreds of families that are mourning.

www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/05/454839795/british-prime-minister-says-russian-plane-more-likely-than-not-downed-by-bomb