ASTONISHMENT, TRAGIC STORIES OF GULF AIR VICTIMS COMING BACK TO CAIRO AIRPORT CAIRO, AUG 26 (KUNA)-- HYSTERIA AND WEEPING FROM FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF LAST WEDNESDAY'S GULF AIR PLANE CRASH FILLED CAIRO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHILE THEY WAITED FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND THE 63 BODIES OF EGYPTIANS KILLED ALONG WITH 143 PEOPLE IN THE TRAGIC INCIDENT.
THE PLANE CARRYING THE FAMILIES AND THE BODIES OF THE VICTIMS ARRIVED HERE FROM MANAMA MIDDAY SATURDAY.
THE MAIN ISSUE DISCUSSED AT THE AIRPORT IS THE SIZE OF THE TRAGEDY WHICH TOOK PLACE IN BAHRAIN AND THE MYSTERIOUS REASON BEHIND THE CRASH.
PEOPLE WERE THINKING EVEN MORE ABOUT THE REASON BEHIND THE CRASH ESPECIALLY AFTER AN EGYPT AIR FLIGHT FROM THE SAME MODEL, WHICH CRASHED IN BAHRAIN, HAD AN EMERGENCY LANDING YESTERDAY JUST ON TIME BEFORE THE SUFFOCATION OF 200 PASSENGERS ON BOARD DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE PLANE'S AIR PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM.
DIFFERENT STORIES THAT ARE CLOSER TO FAIRY TALE WERE HEARD ALL AROUND THE AIRPORT FROM THE VICTIMS' FAMILY MEMBERS.
ONE OF THESE STORIES WAS ABOUT AN EGYPTIAN TEACHER WHO WORKED FOR 12 YEARS IN BAHRAIN AND WHO USED HIS PERSONAL CAR EVERY TIME HE WOULD COME TO EGYPT TO VISIT HIS FAMILY.
FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THIS WAS HIS FIRST ATTEMPT IN 12 YEARS TO TRAVEL BETWEEN EGYPT AND BAHRAIN THROUGH AIR.
ANOTHER TRAGEDY IS ABOUT A PILOT ALSO WORKING IN BAHRAIN.
HE CAME TO EGYPT TO BE NEXT TO HIS WIFE WHEN SHE DELIVERED THEIR BABY. HE THEN TRIED TO EXTEND HIS HOLIDAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE GOT THE ACCEPTANCE FROM HIS SUPERVISORS A BIT TOO LATE AND ONLY AFTER HE HAD LEFT BAHRAIN ON GULF AIR.
AN EGYPTIAN WOMAN WHO RESIDED IN BAHRAIN CAME TO EGYPT WITH HER DAUGHTER TO FIND A WIFE FOR HER SON AND AFTER THE OFFICIAL MARRIAGE PROPOSAL SHE LEFT ON THE GULF AIR PLANE TO TELL HER SON ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS, SHE AND HER DAUGHTER BOTH DIED ON THAT FLIGHT.
A TEACHER RETURNED TO EGYPT TO BRING HIS SIX CHILDREN ALONG WITH HIM TO LIVE IN BAHRAIN, BUT THE WHOLE FAMILY DID NOT MAKE IT.
MOREOVER, EMPLOYEES OF THE CHINESE NEWS AGENCY OFFICE IN CAIRO ARE LIVING THE TRAGEDY AS WELL, WHERE THREE OF THE EMPLOYEES' WIVES WERE ON BOARD THE CRASHED PLANE FOR A STOP OVER ON THEIR WAY TO CHINA.
A FOURTH WIFE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WITH THEM BUT LUCKY FOR HER THE PLANE WAS FULLY BOOKED AND THERE WAS NO AVAILABLE SEAT FOR HER.
THE NUMBER OF EGYPTIANS IN THE CRASH WERE 63 VICTIMS, MOST OF WHOM WORKED IN BAHRAIN, ABU DHABI AND MUSCAT. (END) RD.BN.
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