Egypt Air flight MS804 missing!

[TeamD]

MartG said:

Much more likely to be poor maintenance than a design fault given the number of A320s flying and not falling out of the sky

Agreed, they're like dog st

[Puggit]

Wreckage shows high temperature damage and soot.

[anonymous-user]

Puggit said:

Wreckage shows high temperature damage and soot.

Does that mean anything specific?

[Puggit]

garyhun said:

Puggit said:

Wreckage shows high temperature damage and soot.

Does that mean anything specific?

I think we can rule out the iceberg theory

[Cobnapint]

Could still be a bomb in the hold that didn't detonate properly, triggering a fire. Hence the smoke detector sensor in the toilet activating and the fixed window sensor alarming (crew trying to vent cockpit at lower altitude).

Time will tell.

[saaby93]

Puggit said:

garyhun said:

Puggit said:

Wreckage shows high temperature damage and soot.

Does that mean anything specific?

I think we can rule out the iceberg theory

[anonymous-user]

saaby93 said:

Puggit said:

garyhun said:

Puggit said:

Wreckage shows high temperature damage and soot.

Does that mean anything specific?

I think we can rule out the iceberg theory

No point me popping back to William Hill then

[Puggit]

Voice recorder indicates attempts to put out fire: http://news.sky.com/story/1722023/egyptair-attempt...

[NoddyonNitrous]

Media reports have talked about 'memory chips' in the black boxes - I thought the recordings were on steel wire, or am I out of date?

[KTF]

NoddyonNitrous said:

Media reports have talked about 'memory chips' in the black boxes - I thought the recordings were on steel wire, or am I out of date?

[Speed 3]

NoddyonNitrous said:

Media reports have talked about 'memory chips' in the black boxes - I thought the recordings were on steel wire, or am I out of date?

Only about 15 years

[LittleEnus]

So what are we thinking happened? Bomb? Electrical? Both?

[Speed 3]

LittleEnus said:

So what are we thinking happened? Bomb? Electrical? Both?

More likely electrical unless a small incendiary device which isn't usually the terrorists style, Richard Reid apart. Sounds from todays news that the FO was trying to deal with it which suggests toilet fire or something from the EE bay driving smoke into the flight deck. Might even be as simple as a smoker having a quick drag (with or without disabling smoke detector). Investigation will probably be able to nail it from here.

[SilverSpur]

There is still no claim from the usual suspect terrorist organisations, so I believe it's probably an electrical fire.

[Puggit]

Traces of explosives found on bodies: http://news.sky.com/story/traces-of-explosives-fou...

[xjay1337]

Puggit said:

Traces of explosives found on bodies: http://news.sky.com/story/traces-of-explosives-fou...

Explosives from an on board or from being shot down

[saaby93]

Now says it was fire in cockpit

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-44748...

Whose piece of kit is in the frame