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    But bombs going off in cargo holds don't necessarily cause flash burn injuries.

    Exploding fuel might cause that, and when you look at the photos of the airframe wreckage on the ground (sans the tail section), it looks like components immediately surrounding and aft of the engines burned to some extent.

    The more logical explanation is that a large chunk of the airframe impacted the ground intact and either burst into flame or continued to burn after igniting at some higher altitude. That's where they got the burns.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jcustis View Post
    But bombs going off in cargo holds don't necessarily cause flash burn injuries.

    Exploding fuel might cause that, and when you look at the photos of the airframe wreckage on the ground (sans the tail section), it looks like components immediately surrounding and aft of the engines burned to some extent.

    The more logical explanation is that a large chunk of the airframe impacted the ground intact and either burst into flame or continued to burn after igniting at some higher altitude. That's where they got the burns.
    UK govt believes 'the plane may well have been brought down by an explosive device'.

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    The BBC News leading item is about this:
    The Russian plane that crashed in Egypt at the weekend "may well have been brought down by an explosive device", Downing Street has said.All flights between the UK and Sharm el-Sheikh have been suspended on Wednesday evening as UK experts assess security at the Egyptian airport.
    Number 10 said flights had been delayed as a "precautionary measure" after "more information has come to light".
    Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34724604


    Now:
    ntelligence suggests the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board was likely brought down by a bomb, US and UK officials say. But they say they have yet to reach a formal conclusion.
    Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34728901
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    Default A mess in the making for the UK?

    So we now reportedly have 2k plus UK tourists in Sharm-el-Sheikh stranded, plus more who cannot get there at home. One of the bigger travel operators has 1700 alone.

    Tomorrow President Sisi is due to visit London, on a state visit and already Egyptian diplomats are angry - as tourism to Sharm is effectively over for the UK, however temporary. Before the halt to UK flights he was interviewed by the BBC and claimed all of Sinai was under control:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34703978
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    Pretty good evidence here. High probability this was an ISIS bomb from inside the plane.
    https://twitter.com/robpulsenews/sta...43750382837760

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    It may have been a bomb, but is that what Daesh was claiming? I thought they claimed that they shot the plane down.

    If I had really brought the plane down I think I would know how I did it.
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    Kremlin says US or Israel shot down #7K9268:
    https://mobile.twitter.com/RobPulseN...23816870002688

    What is the Obama WH doing about this? ZERO.
    http://observer.com/2015/11/obama-fa...ganda-machine/

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