Al-Qaeda's silence on last week's crash of an IRGC plane has increased the likelihood of sabotage, Tehran Times said Wednesday, quoting an aerospace expert. According to remarks by five eyewitnesses, the expert added, they reported seeing the flash of lights, sparks and glitters resulting from an explosion inside the cockpit. The expert went on to say that according to international standards the crashed Ilyushin airplane had been in best flight condition and the pilot, who had carried out a high number of sorties, did not send any message to the control tower concerning poor vision or impaired flight systems. The expert concluded by denying the possibility of technical problems or pilot error as the reason for the crash and cited terrorist operations as the most likely cause of the tragedy. A Russian-built Ilyushin-76 carrying 276 personnel of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) last Wednesday crashed into the Sirch mountain, southeastern province of Kerman killing all on board. Studies into the causes of the incident are still continuing.
The IRGC are not bloodthirsty enough for Al Qaeda? Most likely they just flew the plane into the ground. |