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EgyptAir Flight MS990 (MSR990) was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Cairo International Airport, with a stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City. On October 31, 1999, the Boeing 767-300ER operating the route crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 60 miles (100 km) south of Nantucket Island ...
Gameel Al-Batouti (Arabic: جميل البطوطي; also rendered " Gamil El Batouti " or " El Batouty " in U.S. official reports; 2 February 1940 – 31 October 1999) was a pilot for EgyptAir and a former officer for the Egyptian Air Force. On 31 October 1999, he and 216 passengers and crew on board EgyptAir Flight 990 were killed when he ...
1973: EgyptAir Flight 741 crashed approaching Nicosia International Airport; 1976: EgyptAir Flight 864 crashed into an industrial complex in Bangkok, caused by pilot error; 1999: EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed into the Atlantic off Massachusetts, USA, cause disputed; 2002: EgyptAir Flight 843 crashed near Tunis in a storm due to pilot error
Suicide by pilot is an aviation event in which a pilot deliberately crashes or attempts to crash an aircraft as a suicide act, with or without the intention of causing harm to passengers on board or people on the ground. If others are killed, it may be considered a type of murder–suicide. [1] It is suspected to have been a possible cause in ...
The design was known as the Convair 600 and was redesignated the Convair 990 in the month of its first flight. [1] The 990 began flight testing on January 24, 1961. [2] One change from the 880 was the large anti-shock bodies on the upper trailing edge of the wings, to increase the critical Mach by reducing transonic drag. The inboard shock ...
Air Florida Flight 90. Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight operated by Air Florida from Washington National Airport (now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International Airport.
Swissair Flight 330 (SR330/SWR330) was a regularly scheduled flight from Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland, to Hong Kong with a planned stopover in Tel Aviv, Israel. A bomb planted by two members of the PLO exploded soon after takeoff, causing the plane to crash, killing all 47 passengers and crew.
EgyptAir Flight 763. EgyptAir Flight 804. EgyptAir Flight 843. EgyptAir Flight 864. United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (1962) United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (1963) EgyptAir Flight 990. 1974 EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash.