WE HAVE HAD A MYSTERIOUS CRASH IN EGYPT, A PLANE FELL IN
THE SINAI PENINSULA.
IT WAS A RUSSIAN PLANE HEADED TO
ST.
PETERSBURG, IT HAD TAKEN OFF FROM AN EGYPTIAN TOURIST AREA,
224 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD AND HAVE ALL PASSED AWAY.
IT IS TRAGIC,
AND EVERYBODY IS WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED.
I AM HERE TO TELL YOU
THAT NOBODY REALLY KNOWS.
I HOPE THEY FIGURE IT OUT LATER, AND
THEY HAVE THE BLACK BOX AND THEY SAY IT IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
THAT MIGHT GIVE US GOOD CLUES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SPECULATING IN
ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER.
I WILL GIVE YOU A COUPLE THEORIES ABOUT
IT, THEN WE WILL LEAVE THE SPECULATION TO OTHERS.
THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF METROJET IN RUSSIA SAYS --
THAT MAKES EVERYBODY WONDER IF IT GOT HIT BY A MISSILE,
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
BUT HOLD, THAT IS
NOT THE ONLY THEORY.
VIKTOR YUNG, ANOTHER DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
METROJET, SAYS --
THAT SEEMS TO LEAN TOWARD A SUDDEN EVENT AND NOT ONE WHERE
THEY HAD TROUBLE THROUGHOUT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WE GO TO THE EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS AND THEY SAY --
THAT IS ALL IN THE SAME
ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTICLE, AND
HAVING READ SOME ARTICLES ON THIS, YOU GET THE SAME KIND OF
CONFLICTING MESSAGE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, AND UNDERSTAND
THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED YET.
THE RUSSIANS ARE SAYING IT
WASN'T THE PLANE, IT WASN'T THE PILOT, AND THEY NEVER CALLED FOR
A DISTRESS SIGNAL.
THE EGYPTIANS ARE SAYING THEY DID, THEY WERE
HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE PLANE.
WHO KNOWS WHO IS RIGHT?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I AM SURE DON LEMON WILL SPECULATE.
BUT I AM TELLING YOU ALL THE ANGLES.
FINALLY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EXPLAINED
THAT --
BUT NONE OF THOSE THREE THINGS HAPPEN TO BE EVIDENT
RIGHT NOW.
NOBODY IS COMING IN AND SAYING WE SAW A MISSILE, WE
THINK IT'S A MISSILE, THERE WAS A POINT OF IMPACT -- WE DON'T
KNOW ANY OF THAT, AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE LEANING IN THAT
DIRECTION OR THE OTHER TWO DIRECTIONS.
MAYBE.
THAT IS ALL THE FACTS
AS WE GO LIVE ON AIR ABOUT THIS
CRASH.
PLANE CRASHES ARE INFREQUENT, BUT THEY HAPPEN ON
SUCH A MASS SCALE THAT IT SCARES ALL OF US INTO WORRYING ABOUT
FLYING AIRPLANES MORE THAN WE SHOULD.
YOU ARE MORE LIKELY,
UNFORTUNATELY, TO DIE IN A CAR ACCIDENT, AND A LOT OF US DRIVE
A LOT MORE THAN WE TAKE PLANES.
IT IS ILLOGICAL.
BUT WHEN WE SEE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS WE GET SCARED AND WE WONDER ABOUT IT
HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, LET'S KEEP IT REAL, WHETHER IT
IS TERRORISM OR A MISSILE STRIKE.
AND OF COURSE ISIS
IMMEDIATELY RAISES THEIR HAND AND SAYS, WE DID IT.
THE RUSSIANS
SAY, WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU DID IT.
SO IF
IT IS NOT ISIS AND NOT A MISSILE, WHAT IS IT?
I DON'T
KNOW, AND UNTIL WE HAVE FURTHER CONFIRMATION AND THEY LOOK AT
THE BLACK BOX, THERE IS NO POINT IN SPECULATING SO I WILL LEAVE
IT TO CNN TO DO THAT FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.