A domestic airliner in the Sinai acquires new details. It turns out that the contract for service Airbus 321 Egyptian company expired 3 months ago. In this regard, the aircraft before departure have not been tested.
The contract for the maintenance of aircraft, "Kogalymavia" company "Egyptian airlines" at the airport Sharm-El-Sheikh expired 3 months ago, informs TASS referring to the Egyptian media. Accordingly, the status of the A321 before a fatal crash in St. Petersburg has not been tested.
"Revision of the aircraft prior to its departure (workers "Egypt airlines") was not made", - told a source in the Egyptian company.
Remember, on October 31 in Egypt was wrecked Airbus 321 companies "Kogalymavia" flying to St Petersburg. The result of the disaster all 217 passengers and 7 crew members were killed. Specialists are considering several versions of the tragedy, namely technical problems, the mistake of the pilot and the attack.
Adept "Kogalymavia" November 1, announced that the A321 could not disintegrate in the air in consequence of failure of technical systems. The base of the collapse of the liner the company believes that the external action. In addition, the carrier said that both engines A321 26 October were boroscoping analysis, difficulties have been identified.
"At the beginning of the development of the tragic situation the crew completely lost the ability to work. This can directly explain the fact that there was no attempt to leave the relationship and report about the situation on Board," said Deputy Director General of the company Viktor Jung. The carrier's representative has emphasized that the ships not fly over the Sinai.
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