Todos
← Back to Squawk list
Mozambique airline captain 'intentionally' crashed: probe
A Mozambican Airlines captain had a "clear intention" to crash an airplane that went down in Namibia at the end of November (news.yahoo.com) Mais...
Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Reasons unclear but wasn't that about the same thing that happened to that Egypt Air a few years ago, except the captain was the one locked out?
This also brings Slkair 185 to mind.
The religion/suicide thing never came out in that one. NTSB computer models did say control inputs by Captain, but the LA jury that wound up with it was not permitted to see/hear NTSB testing results and gave over to that rudder deal on the 737. Boeing and defendants reached an out of court settlement
You have it right...late in 1999 after leaving JFK. Initially the Egyptians asked the US to investigate and the NTSB after initial investigation wanted to call in the FBI. The Egyptians changed their minds and took back the investigation as it was in international waters, whereupon they came up with a series of "findings" pointing to mechanical problems. Allahu Akbar.
Yeah, I remember all that now. Once it started pointing to religion and the FO personal, they got bent out of shape and took it back. Sad part was, by that time everybody had pretty much figured out what happened. I remember the one thing they never could explain was that locked cockpit door though.
Simple explanation...he was down on the floor praying to Mecca and didn't want to get hit on the ass with the door if the pilot returned. Can't be missing out on those afternoon prayers.
Was the A/C on a heading for Mecca? Not much room to turn around in the cockpit.
LOL
