Passagerarplan kraschade i Egypten [2015-10-31]

04 November 2015
08:24 GMT
Preliminary information retrieved from the black boxes of the crashed Russian jet indicates that no discussion took place in the cockpit concerning any mechanical or system problem, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an anonymous source familiar with the investigation, indicating that the pilots may have had no advance warning of the crash. The initial analysis of the cockpit recording contradicts previous reports that the crew realized they had an emergency and started dealing with it. The source told the WSJ that the crew may have had little or no time to react to the emergency.

06:52 GMT
Red Wings Airlines, a privately-owned Russian company, has stopped flying over the North Sinai conflict zone to avoid the area of Egyptian airspace where the Russian plane crashed shortly after takeoff Saturday. Previously Emirates, Lufthansa and Air France also said they have stopped flying over North Sinai, an area that is a base for Islamist insurgency.

Red Wings says it also plans to introduce some additional measures to enhance security during flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, TASS reported.

“[Our] cabin crew will be reinforced by highly qualified instructor pilots. Such a specialist is required in the cockpit to ensure the prompt reaction of the crew in case of emergency. Besides, from now on, our planes will be accompanied by a representative of the company, who will control the plane to prevent any unauthorized persons from boarding the aircraft,” Red Wings CEO Sergey Savostin told Izvestia daily.

specialist investigating team from Egypt, Russia and France have said that analysis of the black box data suggests the occurrence of some kind of abnormality inside the aircraft body, then damage to the right rear wall of the aircraft causing its resultant crash."