The case of the crash of the Falcon carrying Libya’s chief of staff General Al-Haddad from Turkey to his homeland is taking on thriller proportions, as a report on a respected Turkish website claims that a Cypriot flight attendant who was part of the crew of the aircraft and did not board the fatal flight is being detained and questioned by the Turkish intelligence and security authorities.

According to the publication of the T24 website, which is being examined with great caution, since it gives the case the dimensions of a police and spy thriller, it gives other data than what was known just before Christmas when the aircraft crashed. At that time, it was known that the crew included the flight attendant Maria Pappa from Rhodes. According to the protothema report, Maria Pappa was indeed not originally from Rhodes; almost no one knew her on the island, but she had lived there for a while, hence her connection with Rhodes. According to absolutely verified information, both from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from Maria Pappa’s partner, her body has not yet been identified. In contacting protothema.gr with her partner, he replied that they have no information from the Turkish authorities, but are waiting for the identification of the DNA. It is noted that the brother of the Greek flight attendant has given a DNA sample, according to the same reliable information.

The Turkish publication, which makes no mention of the dead Greek woman, speaks of a female flight attendant from Cyprus who was found at her hotel and is being detained and questioned. There is no mention of why she did not board, whether she was a crew member when A Haddad arrived in Turkey on December 23, or whether she was replaced by Pappa. Of course, a crucial one, among the many questions that arise, is how officials were put on board the aircraft when such a “change” in the composition of the crew has taken place, when it is well known that the slightest “anomaly” in the Arab world is scrutinized thoroughly.