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Did The Pilot Crash This Plane on Purpose? / EgyptAir Flight 990 Ends In Controversy

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Did This Pilot Crash the Airplane Intentionally?

Relief first officer did not attempt to counter the dive by commanding nose up elevator, a largely intuitive pilot response to initiate recovery. No evidence of any airplane system malfunction or conflicting air traffic that would have prompted these actions. The captain's actions were consistent with an attempt to recover the accident airplane. And the relief first officers were notye, so seems very cut and dry, right? In fact, dannis points out in one of our episodes in china i made a coment that it's rarely in an incident like this where things are cut and dry.

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