Egypt Air flight MS804 goes off radar en route from Paris

[Michael Barwell]

I wondered if it was a barometric bomb triggered by the descent, but that would assume the ascent armed it, then the descent triggered it; that might be to send a msg as it'd go-off close to the intened recipient of the 'msg' - the Egyptian govt (they've been massively heavy-handed recently, banning demonstrations & locking ppl up for 10yrs or so for it, & doubtless much else), but getting such a device onboard at Paris CDG?

This reported sudden 90degree left turn followed by a 360degree turn to starboard is odd, implies a loss of control & an over correction, perhaps. On the other hand, I always wonder when they say "This is a very safe aircraft" - the Comet was very safe 'til they started crashing as materials/construction techniques failures appeared - I'm thinking of new materials/composites, that are more-or-less untested over long timeframes.

There was an Egyptian pilot who's likely to have deliberately crashed one of these things, repetitions by him, not of 'Allahuakbar', but a similar 'by gods will'-type phrase.