EgyptAir Flight 990

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EgyptAir Flight 990 was a scheduled passenger flight from New York to Cairo that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 1999 under controversial circumstances, killing all on board.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aviation accident
commercial passenger flight
aircraftManufacturer Boeing
aircraftModelFamily Boeing 767
aircraftName Thutmose III
surface form: Thutmosis III
aircraftRegistration SU-GAP
aircraftType Boeing 767
surface form: Boeing 767-366ER
arrivalCountry Egypt
callsign EgyptAir Flight 990 self-linksurface differs
surface form: EgyptAir 990
category accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 767
airliner accidents and incidents involving deliberate action
aviation accidents and incidents in 1999
controversy cause of crash disputed between U.S. and Egyptian authorities
countryOfCrash United States of America
surface form: United States
crashLocationRelative south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
crashSite Atlantic Ocean
date 1999-10-31
departureAirportCode JFK
departureCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
destination Cairo International Airport
destinationAirportCode CAI
destinationCity Cairo
destinationCountry Egypt
EgyptianOfficialPosition mechanical failure as likely cause
flightNumber MS990
flightType scheduled international passenger flight
IATAFlightNumber MS990
ICAOFlightNumber MSR
surface form: MSR990
investigatingAgency Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority
National Transportation Safety Board
month October
notable major international aviation safety investigation
one of the deadliest aviation accidents involving a Boeing 767
NTSBConclusion deliberate flight control inputs by the relief first officer
numberOfCrew 14
numberOfFatalities 217
numberOfPassengers 203
numberOfSurvivors 0
operator EgyptAir
operatorCountry Egypt
origin John F. Kennedy International Airport
originCity New York City
originCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
phaseOfFlightAtAccident initial cruise after climb
route New York City–Cairo
totalOccupants 217
year 1999

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