21/05/2016 BBC Weekend News


21/05/2016

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The French air accident investigation agency has confirmed

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reports that smoke was detected on the Egyptian plane

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which crashed into the Eastern Mediterranean on Thursday.

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The industry website Aviation Herald has published data indicating that

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a cockpit window was opened, and there was smoke in a toilet

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Our correspondent Richard Lister reports.

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The first images of debris from EgyptAir Flight 804.

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Somewhere deep under these waters lies the rest of the plane,

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and the bodies of its 66 passengers and crew.

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Investigators hope the wreckage will also contain answers, what

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What is known is how the journey began.

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The aircraft took off from Paris on Wednesday evening and for more

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than 2.5 hours, everything seemed fine.

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The pilot chatted to Greek air traffic controllers.

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But when they tried calling him again 40 minutes later,

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The signal is lost and the plane swerves sharply.

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90 degrees left, then a complete circle to the right, before dropping

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More details are emerging about those final minutes.

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The jet's in-flight systems sent a string of error messages

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The first are warnings about a cockpit window,

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but then smoke is detected in a toilet and in a bay full

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They are amongst the last to be transmitted.

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Of the seven messages that were sent, two of them

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were about the flight control computer system, two of them

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about a possible fire, three of them to do with window sensors.

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And you can construct all kinds of scenarios that

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But at the moment, like so much around MS804,

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Slowly, faces are being put to the names of those lost.

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The pilots and half the passengers were Egyptian.

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Among the others, 15 French people, two Canadians, others from Algeria

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What no-one yet knows is why they died.

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Until the plane's voice and data recorders are covered,

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that question is likely to remain unanswered.

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Let's speak to our correspondent in Paris, Jonathan Blake.

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Confirmation there was smoke but still no clues as to what the cause

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might be? No, that is right. This is the most

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significant information we have had so far, confirmation from the

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in-flight systems that smoke was detected in several parts of the

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aircraft. It would suggest a fire but we don't know if it was started

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deliberately or by technical failure on board. The wait goes on for the

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relatives of the passengers of flight MS804, about 100 or so.

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Relatives of the 15 French people who were on board met a couple of

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hours ago with the French foreign minister here in Paris who described

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it as an intense meeting and expressed his sympathy for those

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people, promising any information he could soon as he was able to.

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Meanwhile pictures have been published as you saw there from the

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Egyptian defence Ministry. They clearly show parts of the plane all

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but destroyed, whether that happened midair or on impact with the ocean

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we don't know. Until the black box recorders are discovered, we won't

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know exactly what happened to the flight and what caused it to crash

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Jonathan, thank you very much. A woman has appeared in court

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after 11 children were bitten by a dog in a public

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playground in Northumberland. Nine children were treated

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in hospital after the attack Clare Neale, who's 37

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and from Blyth, pleaded not guilty to a charge of being the owner

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of a dog dangerously out of control. She was remanded in custody

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and is due to appear in court again Councils would be given the power

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to limit "skyrocketing" rent increases under

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new proposals from Labour. Shadow Chancellor John

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McDonnell says he'll urge councils to offer cheap,

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local authority-backed mortgages. Our political correspondent

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Chris Mason is with me. Housing is a big issue throughout

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the country. A massive issue and one Labour will

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attempt to grapple with. What is happening today, after no end of

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stories about Labour's future, suggestions Jeremy Corbyn might not

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last until week on Thursday, that sort of thing, what they are doing

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effected the process of their economic policy. Not a huge amount

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of detail, big on vision, short on detail, not a big surprise given the

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general election will not be until 2020. John McDonnell trying to take

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on the idea that Labour are only any good at grumbling. You know as well

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as I do that it is no good just to protest. If we want to make a

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lasting change to people's lives, we have to do more than protesting.

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Labour is a party of Government. He says he wants to set about the

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fundamental process of reforming capitalism. He says Labour would

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have 100,000 new council houses a year and what he calls socialism

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from below, companies managed by their workers. Two big challenges,

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would his MPs put up with the leadership longer enough for them to

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implement this, and crucially would the electorate by such a left-wing

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socialist idea? Chris, thanks very much.

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The finals of the FA Cup and the Scottish Cup

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Rangers take on Hibernian at Hampden Park.

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At Wembley, one of the most successful clubs in British

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football, Manchester United, take on Crystal Palace,

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a side that's never won a major trophy.

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Let's speak to Olly Foster, who's at Wembley.

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A huge day, I suspect especially for Crystal Palace fans?

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Isn't it just? 26 years ago, that was a great day in the history of

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Palace. Yes, they lost against Manchester United but it was one of

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the most wonderful finals, 3-3, United won the replay 1-40 and it

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possibly saved Sir Alex Ferguson's job. He went on to win 38 major

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trophies with United. Louis van Gaal will be hoping for similar job

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security should they come up trumps against Palace. In Scotland, it is

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the 131st Scottish cup final. History has

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already been made there, the first time it will be contested between

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two sites from outside the top division. Rangers looking for their

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34th trophy, Hibs have not won it in over 100 years. Coverage of both

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finals across the BBC. After a short delay because of heavy

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overnight rain at Headingly, England's cricketers are underway

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on day three of the first Test against Sri Lanka,

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with the tourists still struggling Sri Lanka have already lost two men

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in their second innings. A short time ago they were 35-2,

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leaving England still You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. Good afternoon. It was a mild start

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of the day, double figures across across-the-board, south-westerly

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breeze, a lot of cloud and rain to thank for that. Rain is gathering

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along the south coast, it will be moving inland in

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