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Human remains retrieved from the crashed EgyptAir flight suggest that there was an explosion on board the plane, although no traces of explosives have been detected, an Egyptian forensics official said. The official based his assessment on the small size of body parts so far recovered. “The size of the remains points towards an explosion, the biggest part was the size of a palm,” the forensics official said, adding that about 23 bags of body parts had been collected since Sunday. However, another senior forensics official said only a tiny number of remains had arrived so far and it was too early to specify whether there had been an explosion on-board. French investigators say the plane sent a series of warnings indicating that smoke had been detected on board as well as other possible computer faults shortly before it disappeared. <br/>

The Modi govt has sent a clear signal that it wants experts to have a say in running Air India. The airline will soon have senior pilots and engineers on its board. The govt has created a board position as director (operations) which will be manned by a senior pilot. The Public Selection Enterprises Board (PSEB) Tuesday chose captain Arvind Kathpalia, currently AI's executive director (operations), as the first pilot-director of the airline. Currently, apart from the chairman, govt representatives and independent directors, AI has board members for only 3 areas — finance, personnel and commercial. The move is being seen as a signal from prime minister Modi that he wants professionals with domain knowledge to have a vital say in running the airline. <br/>