Russian jet not the first, not the last

On October 31st, a Russian passenger jet carrying 220 passengers, 25 of whom were children, and 7 crew members crashed in central Sinai. We now know the Kolavia Flight 7K9268, an Airbus A321, most likely suffered an interior explosion 23 minutes after leaving Sharm El-Sheikh International Airport heading for St. Petersburg, Russia.

What we now have learned is this wasn't the first time a jet flying over the same area had been the target of terrorism.

About two months ago, a British passenger jet with 189 aboard had to take evasive action to avoid a missile. Britain confirmed this incident chalking it up to "routing exercises" being run by the Egyptian military.

Sure, that's the ticket.

According to The Guardian, the missile came within 1,000 feet from the aircraft August 23rd. The plane had taken off from London and headed to the Red Sea resort. The paper said that passengers were not told about the incident.

A UK government spokesman confirmed The Guardian report but didn't get specific about the incident. "We investigated the reported incident at the time and concluded that it was not a targeted attack and was likely connected to routing exercise being conducted by the Egyptian military in the area at the time," the statement read.

So now we need to worry about an incompetent Egyptian military firing off missiles where commercial airlines fly over.

As for me, I don't believe a word of that nonsense--this was no accident, not when the missile came so close. I think the airline industry is covering up to keep business up.

What do you think?



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