A Metrojet official
on Monday said neither a mechanical failure nor human error could have caused
the crash of its passenger plane in Egypt over the weekend that killed all 224
people on board, all but five Russian nationals.
“(The reason for the
accident) could only have been a mechanical impact on the plane,” Alexander
Smirnov, Metrojet's deputy director said in Moscow. He said that a technical
problem would not have caused the Airbus A320-200 to break up in the air and
that only an "external impact" were to blame.
"We (are)
excluding technical problems and rejecting human error," Smirnov said.
Kremlin spokesman
Dmitry Peskov stressed that it remained too early in the investigation to draw
any conclusions.
“It would be wrong
to articulate any preliminary guesses or voice statements that are not based on
anything,” Dmitry Peskov told Russia's RT news and other outlets Monday. “At
least let the investigators produce some results first.”
Investigators are
focusing their probe on the theory that the plane broke up in the air, citing a
debris field that stretches over 6 square miles in the Sinai Peninsula.
Metrojet said Monday
that a previous problem with the plane's tail was fully repaired.
The Egyptian
government appeared to quickly rule out terrorism after the plane crashed after
taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh for St. Petersburg early Saturday.
An Islamic State
affiliate operating in the Sinai peninsula where the incident took place
nevertheless claimed responsibility. Russian investigators have also dismissed
that claim.
The article narrows
down what the cause for what crashed the airbus in Egypt. The airline
apparently blames external impact and rules out any other issues, such as
terrorism or mechanical failure. The author doesn't seem to have a bias but
lays out all the facts clearly and doesn't has any misleadings. I think it's
kind of interesting how the Egyptian government ruled out terrorism even after
the Islamic State claimed responsibility. Nevertheless, I think it's smart that
they don’t rush into conclusions but take the time to investigate everything
clearly and with conciseness. Though I do think this case is interesting
because I never knew about a debris field that stretched over the Sinai
Peninsula since nothing like this has ever happened.
Hjelmgaard, Kim.
"USA Today." 2 Nov. 2015. A
Gannet Company. 2 Nov. 2015. <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/11/02/metrojet-says-fault-did-not-cause-egypt-plane-crash/75028320/>
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