Russian plane crashes in Egypt

[terry78]

No survivors apparently.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/31/middleeast/egypt-plane-crash/index.html

 

[DeadPresident]

Are the Russians shooting their own planes down now?

 

[Teelie]

One: That is rather crass. No one knows how the plane went down anyways.
Two: It went down in the Sinai Peninsula so it is unlikely the Russians had anything to do with it.

 

[Thundercrack85]

ISIS is claiming responsibility, but I would take that claim with a grain of salt.

 

[Marvolo]

If ISIS did do it then they are dumber than I thought.

 

[dude stannis]

I call B.S. I think they're just taking credit for an accident. If they really did orchestrate it, they're about to find out what the apocalypse looks like.

 

[Thundercrack85]

ISIS has put out a video allegedly showing the plane going down. Obviously it's hard to authenticate the footage.

ISIS bringing it down is not impossible, though the how is unclear.

There have been multiple reports of ISIS fighters capturing surface to air missiles. Including American Stinger missile launchers. But they can not hit a plane at high altitude.

This of course assumes the plane was flying at a high altitude. And there is also the possibility of an onboard explosive.

 

[dude stannis]

Either way you slice it, they've made a greivous mistake.

 

[Thundercrack85]

It's going to be 1945 all over again.

 

[Duke]

This is just tragic, it was people on their way back home from vacation according to news sources.