AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS MECHANICAL FAILURE OR SUICIDE? (3) The EC.A.A. (Egypt) View of the Crash of EgyptAir Flight 990

On October 31 1999 EgyptAir flight 990 a Boeing 767-366ER crashed into the Atlantic Ocean 60 miles south of Nantucket Massachusetts. All 217 people on board were killed and the airplane was destroyed. According to the Egyptian Investigation Team a mechanical defect is the most likely cause of the accident there is no credible evidence to support a conclusion that the First Officer intentionally dove the airplane into the ocean in fact.