Traces of Explosives on Victims of EgyptAir Crash

On May 19, the Airbus A320 was en route to Cairo from Paris over the Mediterranean Sea, when it mysteriously crashed into the sea, killing 66 people. Previously, officials thought the crash should have been a result of a technical failure or a terror attack. The voice recorder in the cockpit indicated that there was a fire, with an unknown cause, and there was an attempt to put it out. There were reports of explosive material found in the remains of the victims' bodied. If the cause of the crash was a bomb, then investigators will have to determine if someone smuggled a bomb aboard the plane from the busiest airport in France. The remains of the victims will shortly be released to the families, who have been waiting for months. 

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1. If the cause of the crash was a bomb, what are some ways it could've been smuggled onto the plane?

2. How would you feel if one of your family members was a part of the crash and you had to wait for several months to have a proper burial or cremation ceremony?

My Opinion:

I think if someone was good with resources, they could assemble a small explosive out of easily found materials once they boarded the plane. It would anger my to not be able to properly cremate or bury the remains of a loved one. They died and I didn't have a chance to say bye in person so I would want to be able to bury them.

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  • i have no idea how to smuggle a bomb onto a plan 

    i would be pretty mad because i have been waiting for them to fined them

  • Wrap it in tin foil and shove it in your bag. I would fell bad for my family that we could not have a proper burial. Many other families are probably felling the same pain as well as I am or worse.

  • I'm not sure. It must've been disguised as something different or hidden in a bag of some sort. The security must have been awful or lacking. I would feel awful and I would have no real closure, which is horrible.

  • Some one could have just hidden it on them or someone else or in a bag that was then loaded on to the plane. I would be very upset at the loss and would be sad that i would not be able to properly berry them right away. 

  • This is a travesty and it really is sad to see this happen. They could have found a way to get it past security and be able to get it on the plane. I would be devastated if someone I cared about was in that plane crash, and I would not be happy to wait this long to help our relatives have peace. 

  • Poor inspections or there just really smart and know there ways of getting that stuff in with out getting caught. I would be very upset and want to have them a proper funeral as soon a possible.

  • People these days are very crafty. It could have been anything. I would feel hurt I want to get my grieving done with and not have to think about.

  • there are so many ways that the bomb could have gotten inside of the plane it could even have been worked from the inside, it's still heartbreaking to see what we humans are able of and how we choose to hurt our own kind. i have had a family member die in a crash and finding the body and it's part to determine if it was him was very hard it took weeks. it was heartbreaking for our whole family we cried, lived in pain even until this day. it's something that creates a hole deeper in your heart than you could think. this hurts so much because it's something that i would never wish on an other person. just remember what comes around goes around.

  • Maybe in liquid form and now people have to get there shampoos and liquids checked.  Maybe in electronic form hidden inside of a computer of some sort.  I would be very upset and sad as I would want to have my family members laid to rest immediately and not have to wait for several months before they could have a proper burial.  

  • I'm sure there are tons of different ways a terrorists could sneak a bomb onto a plane whether they got lucky or had help from the inside. I would be very upset and mad at the people who planted the bomb that killed one of my loved ones. It would be hard to go through that because of all the time that would be spent healing would be ripped back open when the funeral actually happens.

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