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Paris to Egypt flight 'almost certainly a terror attack'.

Egypt air has a very poor record so far and their government is mainly focused on whitewashing any terror related issues that impact travel/commerce.

Odds are, it's terrorism in one form or another. Tourists should abandon the region until it sorts itself out.
 
MrMike said:
Egypt air has a very poor record so far and their government is mainly focused on whitewashing any terror related issues that impact travel/commerce.

Odds are, it's terrorism in one form or another. Tourists should abandon the region until it sorts itself out.
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Oh, I think they will... tourism is crashing in Egypt, and this latest incident might be the final nail in its coffin... ISIS will celebrate, since that's been one of its goals to begin with, I'm sure...

"Tourism is absolutely vital to the Egyptian economy – at its peak before the revolution in 2011, which saw the fall of President Mubarak- it employed 10-12 per cent of the workforce and brought in almost £8billion a year.
Just look at the numbers – there were 14.7million tourists in 2010; by 2013. it had slumped by a third to 9.5 million, with around 900,000 of those from the UK.

The tourist industry clearly took a huge hit after the 2011 revolution.


Then the crash of the Russian holiday jet in North Sinai on October 31, 2015 was a hammer blow, as European airlines stopped flying to Sharm el-Sheikh on the advice of governments over fears that security at the airport had been compromised and a bomb was smuggled on board.


And in January three Western tourists were stabbed by suspected Islamic State militants at a Hurghada hotel; thankfully the holidaymakers were not seriously injured. El Gouna is part of the Red Sea 'tourist bubble.

Tourism is absolutely vital to the Egyptian economy, and the Egyptian Tourism Authority and the country's government have been working extremely hard in recent months to rebuild confidence and demonstrate the country is safe to visit for Western holidaymakers.


Unfortunately, it appears this dreadful incident demonstrates it is probably not; or at least flying there carries a real risk.


Though admittedly we do not know for sure it's terrorism, or where any device was planted as the plane had flown from Eritrea, to Cairo, then on to Tunis before heading, via Cairo again, to Paris.


If it turns out a bomb was planted at France's showpiece Charles de Gaulle airport, then that's a truly shocking development.


Would I fly to Egypt now? It's a fascinating place to visit for sure.


But sadly to me this appalling tragedy looks like the final nail in the coffin of Egypt's tourism industry, at least in the short term. I do feel many more Western tourists will now stay away - and that's desperately sad for all the decent people of Egypt.


Sorry, there's no way I am flying there any time soon."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/egyptair-flight-ms804-crash-final-8004537
 
Bugsy McGurk said:
I am.

Again, serious people cannot evaluate the merits of mindless carping.
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Try really hard to focus on the subject of her post rather than snark at her. Think of a reasoned response to the subject matter, take a deep breath, type it out, then press the "post reply" button.

See what happens...
 
MrMike said:
Egypt air has a very poor record so far and their government is mainly focused on whitewashing any terror related issues that impact travel/commerce.

Odds are, it's terrorism in one form or another. Tourists should abandon the region until it sorts itself out.
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Get with the program. We're informed here that it is terrorism, it is ISIS, it's Obama's fault, and we should have a different strategy, the elements of which are unknown.

Why wait for the facts when you can carp?
 
Bugsy McGurk said:
Get with the program. We're informed here that it is terrorism, it is ISIS, it's Obama's fault, and we should have a different strategy, the elements of which are unknown.

Why wait for the facts when you can carp?
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I'm pretty open to the possibility it's terror related given the history of Egypt relative to air incidents lately. Do I blame Obama for this incident? Nope...

Do I think Obama (and Hillary's) foreign policy missteps have helped inflame the region and enabled even more lawlessness and brazen acts of terror? Yes...
 
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