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EgyptAir Jet Crashes, Likely Terror Attack

<p>An EgypAir Jet carryig 66 passenger en route from Paris to Cairo crashed in the Mediterranean Sea after veering sharply off course&period; &nbsp&semi;It went down near the Greek Island of Crete&period; &nbsp&semi;Thus far there are no signs of survivors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Egypt&&num;8217&semi;s aviation minister said it was more likely terrorism than mechanical problems&period; According to BBC&comma; the Airbus 320 made a 90 degree sharp turn to the left then a&nbsp&semi;360 degree turn right before falling 25000 feet and dropping off of radar&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Greek traffic controllers spoke to the aircraft earlier and all was fine&comma; however attempts to reach the flight as it was about to enter Egyption airspace went unanswered&period; &nbsp&semi;Since aircraft communications are reliable and redundant&comma; it is unlikely the craft would have suffered mechanical problems of this severity without a &&num;8220&semi;mayday&&num;8221&semi; of somekind being sent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jean-Paul Troadec&comma; former chief of the French air accident investigation bureau said &ldquo&semi;A technical problem&comma; a fire or a failed motor do not cause an instant accident and the team has time to react&comma;&rdquo&semi; he said&period; &ldquo&semi;The team said nothing&comma; they did not react&comma; so it was very probably a brutal event and we can certainly think about an attack&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some debris has apparently been found&comma; France is sending investigators to assist in the investigation of the crash&period; Reports say no U&period;S&period; citizens were on board&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the New York Post&comma; some American official are already speculating a bomb blew the airplane out of the sky&period; Presidential candidate Donald Trump has already tweeted about this&comma; saying it was terror and blaming it on President Obama&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is interesting to note such an attack originated from Paris&comma; instead of Cairo&period; One would thing it would have been easier from a Muslim controlled area&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Perhaps that is part of the message&comma; the raadical Islam is running free in Paris&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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