Awfully quiet for many hours. Do they not know point of origin, if not cause? Or is the UK taking a different tack than the U.S. NTSB w/r/t informing the public of what they know early and often?
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The BBC's current update, which doesn't appear to add much...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23298349
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Reuters...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/0...96B0NS20130713
Maybe this is something...
Quoting Mark Mangooni, Ethiopian Airlines' senior manager in Britain, the Financial Times reported that airline staff had discovered a problem with the aircraft's air conditioning system during a routine inspection and had seen sparks but no flames.
The report did not make clear when this had happened. Reuters could not reach Mangooni for comment.