NTSB Blames Copilot For Flight 990 Crash

Quashing Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority's long-standing arguments that mechanical failure downed EgyptAir Flight 990, the National Transportation Safety Board's final draft report issued last week cited relief crew first officer Gameel el-Batouty as the ``probable cause'' of the Oct. 31, 1999...

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