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Old January 3rd, 2004, 11:26 AM
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Default 737 crashes in the sea off Egypt

From BBC's web site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3364795.stm
Egyptian airliner crashes into sea
An Egyptian charter plane has crashed
into the Red Sea, killing all 148
passengers and crew on board, Egyptian
aviation and airline officials say.

The plane, belonging to Egypt charter company Flash
Airlines, crashed shortly after take-off at 0244 GMT
from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

All the passengers were thought to be French
tourists on their way back home.

Wreckage has been found in the sea about 15
kilometres (nine miles) south of the resort, officials
said.

Relatives

"All people who were aboard the plane are dead," Osama
al-Sayed, a senior official with the airline, told
reporters.

The emergency services were alerted when the
plane, a Boeing 737, disappeared from radar screens
shortly after take-off.

Egyptian search and rescue teams in boats and
helicopters have found wreckage strewn along the
coastline near Sharm el-Sheikh, including the main
body of the plane.

They have begun recovering bodies from the water.

There were 135 passengers and 13 crew members on
board the flight which was on its way to Cairo for a
stopover and crew change before heading on to
Paris, Charles de Gaulle airport.

French airport officials were comforting friends and
relatives in Paris who were waiting for the plane.

....

Flash Airlines opreates 2 737-300 both built in 1993. Pilots with minimum of
5000 hours of flying time.
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Old January 3rd, 2004, 03:18 PM
Fly Guy
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Default 737 crashes in the sea off Egypt (Blair vacationing nearby)

Blair and family were staying at a resort 7 miles from the crash
site. What kind of a coincidence is that?

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http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/stor...694&p=9xz974xx

Investigators in Egypt were today trying to discover the cause of a
plane crash in which 141 people are feared to have died near the
resort where the British Prime Minister Tony Blair is on holiday.

The Boeing 737 disappeared from radar screens shortly after take-off
from the popular Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik at 5am local time
(3am Irish time).

The crash comes after a week of terrorist threat alerts that led to
increased security and cancellations including three British Airways
flights due to leave Heathrow.

But Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation appeared to dismiss terrorism
as a cause of today’s crash, describing the disaster as an “accident”.

Mr Blair, his wife Cherie, her mother Gale, the Blairs’ four children
Euan, Nicky, Kathryn and Leo, and Euan’s girlfriend Katie Sanders are
all understood to have been staying in the resort over the festive
period. Today a Downing Street spokesman stressed that they were safe
and well: “The group has not been affected.”

It was reported locally that Mr Blair was due to meet Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak in the resort later today.

The Egyptian-run Flash Airlines plane bound for Cairo was thought to
be carrying 135 passengers – 127 of which were French – and six crew.
The aircraft crashed into the sea seven miles south of the resort with
no reported survivors. It is understood that the wreckage of the
plane has been located close to the coast and rescue efforts are under
way.
 




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