Talk:Cyprus Airways Flight 284

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Passengers wearing lifejackets ?[edit]

"A total of 51 bodies were recovered from the sea within a day of the crash, most wearing life jackets...". Huh ? Not likely if the plane broke up at 29,000 feet. Rcbutcher (talk) 06:21, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Read more - the aircraft dropped to around 15,000 feet before it broke up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.178.23.243 (talk) 06:31, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Crew details added.[edit]

The commander was Captain Gordon Blackwood and the co-pilot was SFO Tony Palmer. There was a third pilot (details not known). Details are known to me as Capt Blackwood and SFO Palmer were well-known to my family and colleagues of my father . Capt. Blackwood was a personal friend of the family and known to me personally. Simonhepworth59 (talk) 16:12, 11 October 2017 (UTC) simonhepworth59[reply]

Evidence of Perpetrators[edit]

The Aeroplane June 2019 magazine article / and the book Bealine Charlie Oscar have solid information about where the explosives were planted and the investigation. Allowing the who and why remain unproven, it seems to me the material is worth including, even if that may not be popular with supporters of some factions within the then Greek junta. Do people wish to include this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.29.209.224 (talk) 05:24, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Clarity[edit]

This article needs serious work. As noted above, the aircraft supposedly broke up at 29,000 ft, people had lifejackets on, which suggests it likely broke at a lower altitude, but there is nothing about that happening at 15,000 ft. I assume that's in source material?

Also, there is a definitive statement in the lead saying it broke up from an explosive in the cabin, without ever actually explaining how this is known. The residue suggesting an explosive is helpful, but when other information such as the found drop tank (which maybe has nothing to do with the crash?) and lack of radio transmission or CVR information does not point to a clear conclusion. Furthermore, the "mystery" is exacerbated by a decision to not retrieve wreckage. WHY did they decide not to do this?

If I have enough downtime, I may look into the source material myself to clarify. It does not help that the link for source 9 is dead. SnarkyValkyrie (talk) 20:09, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]