Sinai plane crash: unusual sounds on cockpit recordings, says Russian news agency

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Cockpit recordings from the Metrojet flight that crashed in the Sinai desert reveal unusual sounds at the moment the plane went off the radar, but no distress call from the pilots, according to Russian media reports.

The Interfax news service said it had seen a transcript of the cockpit recordings from the black boxes being examined by Egyptian officials, as they try to piece together what caused Saturday’s crash that killed 224 people on board, mainly Russian holidaymakers.

Pilots spoke to air traffic controllers four minutes before the aircraft disappeared from the radar in a routine exchange and no unusual conversation followed. But an unnamed source quoted by Interfax said “sounds uncharacteristic of routine flight were recorded preceding the moment that the aircraft disappeared from radar screens”.

The recording indicated a situation had developed “suddenly and unexpectedly”, the source added. It was not possible to verify the report, and Interfax gave no further information. Investigators are yet to officially release data or findings… see more

source: Guardian UK

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