EgyptAir had tightened security in response to threats
In an eerie coincidence, the EgyptAir jetliner that plunged into the Mediterranean Thursday was once the target of political vandals who wrote in Arabic on its underside, “We will bring this plane down.” Three EgyptAir security officials said the threatening graffiti, which appeared about 2 years ago, had been the work of aviation workers at Cairo Airport. Since then, the airline has put into effect a variety of new security measures in response to Egypt’s political turmoil, jihadi violence and other aviation disasters like the crash of a Russian plane that killed 224 people in October. EgyptAir has fired employees for their political leanings, stepped up crew searches and added extra unarmed in-flight security guards. Three such guards died in Thursday’s crash of Flight 804. <br/>
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EgyptAir had tightened security in response to threats
In an eerie coincidence, the EgyptAir jetliner that plunged into the Mediterranean Thursday was once the target of political vandals who wrote in Arabic on its underside, “We will bring this plane down.” Three EgyptAir security officials said the threatening graffiti, which appeared about 2 years ago, had been the work of aviation workers at Cairo Airport. Since then, the airline has put into effect a variety of new security measures in response to Egypt’s political turmoil, jihadi violence and other aviation disasters like the crash of a Russian plane that killed 224 people in October. EgyptAir has fired employees for their political leanings, stepped up crew searches and added extra unarmed in-flight security guards. Three such guards died in Thursday’s crash of Flight 804. <br/>
