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An investigator looking into the crash of Swissair Flight 111 near Peggys Cove, N.S., says he was prevented by senior RCMP and aviation safety officials from pursuing his theory that an incendiary device might have been the cause.
"There was sufficient grounds to suspect a criminal device on that plane," retired RCMP sergeant Tom Juby, who was an arson investigator assigned to the Swissair file, told CBC's The Fifth Estate.
"I'm convinced that the investigation was improperly done," he said.
The flight from New York to Geneva crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 2, 1998, killing 229 passengers and crew. The plane carried a Saudi prince, a relative of the former shah of Iran and high profile UN officials. A half a billion dollars of diamonds and gems were also never found.
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada said that it was an accident caused by a fire in the cockpit, likely sparked by an electrical fault.
But Juby said high levels of magnesium — a key ingredient in an incendiary device — were discovered in the cockpit area. Several other investigators and a federal scientist who The Fifth Estate spoke to supported Juby's informed suspicions.
Juby said the RCMP did not support his findings and that he was pressured to stop his own inquiries. He said the RCMP brass ordered him to remove any reference to magnesium or a suspected bomb from his investigative notes.
Originally posted by phishyblankwaters
Interesting. A Saudi prince, a relative of the former shah of Iran, and high profile UN officials all died on this flight.
Any thoughts?
was anyone important on it?
The plane carried a Saudi prince, a relative of the former shah of Iran and high profile UN officials.
Saudi royalty. Prince Bandar al-Saud was one of the richest men in the world and had been involved in some of the blackest operations that the CIA ever dealt with, including the Iran-Contra drug smuggling from the Golden triangle, the sale of chemical weapons to Iraq, the savings and loans swindle of drugs through Mena, Arkansas as well as the Bush and Clinton administrations. The Saudi prince was one of 229 people aboard Swissair 111 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Halifax on September 2, 1998.
Still, it sounds like he started talking as soon as he retired, and I imagine he's not kept it tightly under his hat much since it happened.
The saudi prince in question was a nobody. His name was Prince Bandar bin Saud bin Saad bin Abdulrahman. There are literally thousands of princes in Saudi Arabia. This particular prince was one of 37 in his family. He was not in line for succession. He had no control of any important assets like oil. He was just a dude with a title and money.
Saudi royalty. Prince Bandar al-Saud was one of the richest men in the world and had been involved in some of the blackest operations that the CIA ever dealt with, including the Iran-Contra drug smuggling from the Golden triangle, the sale of chemical weapons to Iraq, the savings and loans swindle of drugs through Mena, Arkansas as well as the Bush and Clinton administrations.
The diamonds weren't exactly just diamonds. The plane was carrying exactly 1 item. It was a diamond encrusted cultural artifact from the "Nature of Diamonds" exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in New York. It was on lend to the museum and was being returned at the time of the loss. It's estimated value was about $100 million.
The cargo included diamonds whose weight, including cases, was more than 4 pounds nearly 110 pounds of cash, and gold, an airline spokesman said. The money was being sent from a U.S. bank to another U.S. bank in Switzerland inside a safe. The plane was also carrying a locked box possibly containing millions of dollars in currency and gold, the airline said. The Picasso work, titled, The Painter, was housed in a normal freight container and is presumed destroyed, the airline said.