EgyptAir flight MS804: The conspiracy theories begin

Was it aliens or an insider job? Conspiracists are already on the case as to why the plane crashed

A picture taken on September 30, 2015 shows an Egypt Air plane on the tarmac of Cairo international Airport. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI(Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Image
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Egypt's civil aviation minister has warned people not to make up conspiracy theories and to wait for the full results of the investigation into last week's crash of EgyptAir flight MS804. But despite Sharif Fathi's appeal, several ideas over the plane's fate have already emerged…

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