EgyptAir Flight 804 Missing (cnn.com)

dark.nebulae writes: An EgyptAir flight disappeared on it's way from Paris to Egypt resulting in loss of 56 passengers and 10 crew members. The plane was flying at 37,000 feet when it vanished shortly after entering Egyptian airspace. It was suppose to land in Cairo at 3:15 a.m. Thursday after leaving Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport at 11:09 p.m. local time. CNN's aviation correspondent Richard Quest said, "Planes just do not fall out of the sky for no reason, particularly at 37,000 feet." He said the plane vanished while cruising -- the safest part of the journey. We'll update the story as more details emerge.

UPDATE 5/20/16 3:57 AM (UTC): Egypt's civil aviation minister says it's more likely terrorism than a technical issue. Greek officials said the plane swerved sharply and plunged from 37,000 feet down to the Mediterranean as the plane left Greek airspace for Egyptian airspace. [Source]

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Re: LOL

[Anonymous Coward]

- LOL

Either Land O' Lakes (awesome butter, yo) or League of Legends (meh).

- racism

That thing that happens when you don't hire enough minorities in spite of applicants being completely unqualified for the positions at hand.

- apology?

I'm sorry you're a douche. :(

Re: I'm glad Slashdot posted this

[stealth_finger]

There are other possibilities: a suicide, thrust reverser suddenly opening, rudder torn off...

Anything like that though and you'd think they'd be able to track the plane as it descended. The pilots would be able to get out an 'oh fuck' etc. From what I gather it just sorta disappeared from 40 odd thousand feet. I think we must follow logic and conclude...aliens.

Re: I'm glad Slashdot posted this

[gtall]

More accurately, ancient aliens, they can travel time, y'know. Where's the greek guy with the electric hair to explain all this?

Re:Well...

[The-Ixian]

Them not having telemetric data is very very odd

If only they were running Windows 10...