Don’t hold your breath for details about flight MS804’s crash -The Economist
Talk about a bad day for Egypt in the international press: Egypt is “worse than Clouseau,” The Economist says, telling its readers: “When Egypt investigates tragedy, don’t expect results.” The magazine cites the crash of the Metrojet flight in South Sinai last October, for which Egypt has not yet produced a final report, hinting that people should not expect anything different for flight MS804. “Egypt is developing a knack for interminable probes that lead nowhere, or that produce self-serving results.” Ditto the case of the eight slain Mexican tourists, The Economist adds: “There is little argument over what happened: the military hit the group with an airstrike. But Egypt’s “transparent” inquiry was undercut by a ban on reporters covering the incident, or the probe. No findings have been released, though Egyptian officials blamed a travel agency for bringing the tourists to a restricted area.”