Uneasy Pleistocene Leftover
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Some news reports have the aircraft "returning" to Sharm El Sheikh airport as a consequence of encountering a problem after take-off:
1) Take-off was apparently made in a southerly direction, destination being Paris CDG with a stop at Cairo for re-fuelling and disembarking crew, the "return" in direction would have been normal.
2) No Mayday or other communication indicating a problem was apparently made to ATC before the aircraft crashed.
3) Would any abnormal engine event or the breakup of the aircraft on hitting the sea be sufficient to account for:
A local hotellier Richard Bonneville, whose hotel is situated about 10-12km from the crash area, related that between 4.45 and 5am," they heard a very loud explosion which shook all the windows". It was only later at about 7am that they heard that there had been an air crash. (reported on FR2, Sat 03/01/2004, French national TV)