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One from the archives

I was doing some weekend surfing and stumbled across this little gem of an article and thought it worth a weekend twiddle on AP;

Unearthing the 32-Year Mystery of Crashed Eastern Airlines Flight 980

Story link;

http://abcnews.go.com/International/unea...d=44175532

I love the tenacity and dedication of the two lads who took up the challenge to find the wreck and the black boxes. Chocolate frogs to these youngish men. I also find it interesting how bureaucracy and Government pony pooh tends to not be bounded by countries or borders. It is the same everywhere!

P7 - Thank you GD; very much. Great story, great blokes .

Update: EgyptAir Flight MS804 investigation

Agree with Ol'Tom, excellent catch GD and definitely one for the archives...

Been trying to get to this one for a couple of days when it was first brought to my attention by Chillit and Carol.

Courtesy Reuters, via Simply Marvellous Horsepooh:

December 16 2016

Traces of explosives found in EgyptAir plane crash investigation

Cairo: Egyptian air accident investigators said on Thursday traces of explosives had been found on the remains of victims of an Egyptair flight that crashed en route from Paris to Cairo.

Flight MS 804 plunged into one of the deepest parts of the Mediterranean Sea on May 19, killing all 66 people on board.

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The Egyptian Aviation Investigation Committee has found traces of explosives on remains of victims from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804

Explosives found on EgyptAir crash victims
The Egyptian Aviation Investigation Committee has found traces of explosives on remains of victims from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804

Egypt's investigation committee issued a statement saying the coroner had found traces of explosives on the remains of some victims. It gave no more details but said its findings were sent to prosecutors investigating foul play.

"The technical investigation committee ... places itself and its expertise at the disposal of prosecutors," it said.
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A judicial source said the prosecution had not received details about the explosives traces but would include the coroner's findings in its inquiries.

An Egyptian source familiar with the matter said Egypt had informed France months ago about its findings but French investigators had requested more time to study them.

"That is why it took so long to make an announcement," the source said, declining to be named as the investigation is continuing.

Paris newspaper Le Figaro reported in September that French investigators had seen trace levels of TNT on the plane's debris but were prevented from further examining it.

Egyptian officials denied at the time obstructing French inquiries.

The EgyptAir plane was making the journey from Paris to Cairo when it disappeared.  Photo: AP

France has hinted at its frustration at the pace of the investigation but has stopped short of openly criticising Cairo, with which it enjoys broadly positive relations and which has ordered French Rafale fighter jets.

In a telephone call between the countries' foreign ministers on August 3, France's Jean-Marc Ayrault spoke of the "difficult situation for families waiting to recover bodies and personal effects of the victims and to know the causes of the crash."

Personal belongings and other wreckage retrieved from EgyptAir flight 804. Photo: Egyptian Armed Forces

Two Western sources briefed on the investigation expressed reservations about the explosives findings and said a technical cause remained the most likely.

One of the sources said the traces of explosives reportedly found appeared to be identical to samples previously held in stock, whereas there would usually be tiny forensic differences.

Neither source agreed to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter.

A spokesman for France's BEA air crash investigation agency said it was not involved in the analysis and declined further comment. The BEA is accredited to the investigation as the Airbus aircraft was designed and built in France.

It provided help on the sea search and repairs to damaged flight recorders, but Western sources say it has mainly been kept at arm's length from the rest of the investigation.

Airbus declined comment on the Egyptian announcement.

Audio from the flight recorder mentions a fire on board the plane in its final moments and analysis of the flight data recorder showed smoke in the lavatory and avionics bay.

The Paris prosecutor's office opened a manslaughter investigation in June but said it was not looking into terrorism as a possible cause of the crash at this stage.

No group has claimed responsibility for the crash.

In October 2015, a bomb brought down a Metrojet plane carrying Russian holidaymakers home from the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh, killing all 224 people on board.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for that attack, saying it smuggled aboard explosives in a soft drink can. 

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