Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
EgyptAir flight MS 804 took off from Paris bound for Cairo, Egypt with 66 passengers and crew.
Greek air traffic controllers say the plane was unresponsive as it passed over the country. The plane then plunged rapidly as it flew over the Mediterranean Sea Thursday morning local time. Egypt’s civil aviation manager says terrorism is likely.
Investigators will need to examine the wreckage and black box before much more can be known.
For more on how this investigation will unfold, Take Two spoke to Anthony Brickhouse, associate professor of aerospace and occupational safety at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
(NOTE: In the live segment, the host stated that the Airbus A320 was made by Lufthansa. Airbus, in fact, makes it. We regret the error.)