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EgyptAir990 downed by E/M Weapon?
Date: 12/11/99 1:53:15 PM Pacific Standard Time
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A Boston Globe article of today on EgyptAir 990 story appeared in my local
Bakersfield Californian newspaper and I noted from its content below,
compared to the below included AP story on "black box" evaluations, that
their story contains a key element missing in AP story which needs
clarification and perhaps deeper investigation at
http://www.enterprisemission.com of numerous articles with both empirical
evidence http://www.enterprisemission.com/egyptair2.htm and informed
speculation regarding above suspected potential cause of this airplane
crash
http://www.enterprisemission.com/egyptair3.htm
http://www.enterprisemission.com/reid.html along with other articles
regarding seemingly farfetched symbolism connections to esoteric
cosmologies
in other articles at that site.
The Globe story written by Matthew Brelis says:
<
seconds in which the plane dropped from its cruising altitude of 33,000
feet
to 16,400 feet.
At that point, the plane's two ''black boxes'' - the cockpit recorder and
the flight data recorder - stopped working, as did the plane's transponder,
which sends identifying information to controllers, indicating a power
failure.
''At no time did a member of the flight crew use radio communication to
advise air traffic control of either an emergency of a mechanical failure
or
concern,'' Hall said in a statement.>>
What I am wondering is what he meant by "at that point". Does this mean
that a power failure occured at the beginning of the 51second descent to
16,400 feet or at the end of that descent? Deeper investigation indicates
the possibility that such a catastrophic power failure shutting off the
plane's
transponders and both "black boxes" might have been due to an advanced
electromagnetic weapon whose high powered electromagnetic pulse (EMP) may
have caused such catastrophic power failure, that would have also
prohibited
pilots' mayday calls, and related unexplained anomalous behavior resulting
in
the crash of this airliner. The reason I ask this is due to the concerns
about this kind of advanced e/m weaponry under development secretly not
only
by the US but by other entities possibly hostile to the United States,
concerns voiced to me by, and scientifically discussed by Dr. Fred B. Wood,
Sr., early radar pioneer, in his articles at
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/fwood.html .
The Globe newspaper research seems to be ahead of AP on at least this one
item of potential evidence to support this idea of EgyptAir990 being "shot
down" for some reason by an advanced E/M weapon, I thought I would suggest
exploration of this idea. Remember that there were about 30 Egyptian
military officers on that plane that had just finished some kind of
training
in the US and be aware that certain rogue Islamic states may be in
possession of this kind of technology now in experimental stages due to
their hiring of former Soviet scientists who Wood maintains may be even
farther ahead than the US in these experiments which are all under wraps
due
to strict US scientific/military secrecy policies. So many airplanes have
been inexplicably "falling out of the sky" over the last few years that
this
seemingly fanciful thesis warrants deeper investigation and I hope media
reporters begin that process in the interests of public safety.
David Crockett Williams gear2000@lightspeed.net
Tehachapi, CA 93561
Global Emergency Alert Response
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000
Global Peace Walk 2000
http://www.globalpeacenow.org
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/345/nation/EgyptAir_tape_bears_no_proof_of
_mechanical_error+.shtml
The Boston Globe
Saturday, December 11, 1999
EgyptAir tape bears no proof of mechanical error
By Matthew Brelis, Globe Staff, 12/11/99
A detailed analysis of the cockpit voice recorder of EgyptAir Flight 990
has
uncovered nothing to indicate that a bomb or any mechanical problem caused
the Cairo-bound jet to crash, the nation's top aviation safety official
said
yesterday.
James E. Hall, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said
that sophisticated sound analysis of the cockpit recorder is continuing but
that ''no sounds have been detected that would be consistent with
mechanical
failures or an explosion.''
All 217 on board were killed when the Boeing 767 crashed 60 miles south of
Nantucket.
The 31 1/2-minute tape begins before the aircraft took off from New York's
John F. Kennedy International Airport on the morning of Oct. 31, Hall
noted,
and ''routine air traffic control communications are heard throughout the
recording.''
Had there been a major problem with the jet or an explosion, it is likely
that a member of the crew would have issued a distress call during the 51
seconds in which the plane dropped from its cruising altitude of 33,000
feet
to 16,400 feet.
At that point, the plane's two ''black boxes'' - the cockpit recorder and
the flight data recorder - stopped working, as did the plane's transponder,
which sends identifying information to controllers, indicating a power
failure.
''At no time did a member of the flight crew use radio communication to
advise air traffic control of either an emergency of a mechanical fialure
or
concern,'' Hall said in a statement.
It is unlikely that the safety board will conduct a major, expensive
reconstruction of the wreckage, sources said. Hall seemed to indicate as
much. ''The ship will conduct its salvage operations for about a week
before
returning to port. The need for further operations will be evaluated at
that
time.''
A private salvage vessel will be used to recover human remains and
wreckage.
It arrived in Rhode Island on Tuesday, but because of bad weather, it is
not
expected to sail to the crash site until Monday.
Sources said investigators will most likely focus on the cockpit and the
area below the cockpit floor. Investigators believe it is likely that the
plane was brought down deliberately by copilot Gamil El Batouty when he was
alone in the cockpit.
While Hall would not characterize the transcripts of the voice recording,
sources said Captain Ahmed El Habashi is heard returning to the cockpit and
saying, ''Pull with me! Help me! Pull with me!''
The flight data recorder indicates that the elevator flaps on the tail were
split, with the left one - manipulated by the captain - pointing up in an
effort to give the plane lift, while the right elevator was pointed down.
Elevators are controlled by pushing or pulling on the column, or yoke, in
the cockpit. The Boeing 767 has two columns that work in tandem unless more
than 50 pounds of pressure is exerted to shear a pin connecting them.
Last month, the safety board was poised to turn the investigation over to
the FBI, believing that Batouty might be one of the worst mass murderers
in
US history. Egyptian officials have disputed the contention.
Hall, careful not to create a new controversy, would not elaborate on what
the transcript contains, saying ''I do not believe this transcript can be
characterized or further described without adding to the speculation or
misleading the public about the contents of the recording.''
Hall said that investigators had finished initial simulator work at Boeing
using information from the data recorder to re-create the environment of
the
cockpit during the accident.
This story ran on page A03 of the Boston Globe on 12/11/99.
© Copyright 1999 Globe Newspaper Company.
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http://www.boston.com/news/daily/10/ntsb.htm
Associated Press
Saturday, December 11, 1999
NTSB: EgyptAir tape yields no evidence of mechanical problems
By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press, 12/10/99
WASHINGTON -- Extensive review of cockpit conversations on EgyptAir Flight
990 has found no evidence an explosion or mechanical problem caused the
plane to crash into the ocean, federal aviation investigators say.
"No sounds have been detected that would be consistent" with such an
explanation, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman James Hall said
Friday.
Investigators still are pursuing the cause of the crash, including a theory
that for unknown reasons, a relief co-pilot, Gameel El-Batouty, sent the
Boeing 767 into the steep dive that carried all 217 aboard to their deaths
in the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts on Oct. 31. The Egyptian public has
reacted angrily to this speculation.
Hall said a substantial portion of the work on the 31 1/2-minute recording
has been completed and working transcripts have been developed in both
Arabic and English. Further refinements are possible.
He said the NTSB had no immediate plans to disclose the recorded
conversations. "I do not believe this transcript can be characterized or
further described without adding to the speculation or misleading the
public
about the contents of the recording," he said.
He said routine air traffic control communications are heard throughout the
tape, but that "at no time did a member of the flight crew use radio
communications to advise air traffic control of either an emergency or a
mechanical failure or concern."
Hall and FBI Director Louis Freeh on Monday plan to travel to Quonset
Point,
R.I., to visit a ship contracted to recover wreckage and human remains from
the crash site. The ship was expected to leave Quonset Point this week, but
was delayed by bad weather.
Last month, it appeared the NTSB was ready to turn the case over to the FBI
to handle as a criminal investigation. After the Egyptian government
objected, the NTSB continued to lead the probe.
Jim Davis, FBI spokesman in Washington, told The Associated Press that, at
this point, it does not matter whether the FBI or the NTSB heads the
investigation.
"We are still getting the job done," Davis said. "There is no rush for us
to
take over this investigation. We want to be very cautious and deliberate."
U.S. officials this week said the cockpit voice tape did not contain the
sounds of multiple people in the cockpit as the plane began its fatal
plunge
into the ocean.
One official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were parts of
the tape where it is unclear who is speaking -- an Egyptian translator said
he thought the speaker might be a second person in the cockpit, but a U.S.
translator disagreed.
The official said there is nothing else that would steer American
investigators away from their theory that a lone person in the cockpit
turned off the autopilot, pointed the plane's nose toward the water and
then
turned off the engines.
A source close to the investigation told the AP that Egyptian officials
agree with the Americans about the words on the recording "but not with
their meaning" or interpretation.
He said the U.S. investigation was in a holding pattern because officials
want to see what, if any, clues can be retrieved from wreckage on the ocean
floor. Investigators are looking for any evidence of explosives or possible
mechanical failure that may not have been obvious from the voice and flight
data recorders, he said. The recovery operation is expected to last two to
three more weeks, he said.
Hall also said investigators, who have synchronized the cockpit voice
recorder with data from the flight recorder, completed initial work this
week on a flight simulator at the Boeing plant near Seattle. The simulator
allowed them to re-enact the flight, although they were not able to
experience the acceleration forces against their bodies.
Preliminary information from the flight data recorder indicates the plane's
autopilot was switched off and the plane was put into a dive so steep and
fast that passengers would briefly have felt weightless.
Additionally, the recorder showed both engines were shut off before the
aircraft climbed briefly out of its dive and then turned and dropped into
the ocean.
---
Associated Press Writer Pat Milton contributed to this report
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