Human factors consideration in emergency evacuation for commercial aircaft
Batouti case 990
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3. Summary of events
Time: 31 / October 1999 -
Cause: in the crash of a Boeing B767
operated by: Egypt Air flight number 990
, the coast of U.S.
Accident Time: about an hour after takeoff.
Results : There were no survivors in the crash of
any of the passengers.
No. : 217 people were killed
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5. 203 passengers from seven countries
Flight 990 was crewed by 14 people: 10 flight attendants
and 4 flight crew members
6. U.S. report :
-U.S. hide facts concerning the incident arose first -
on the assumption that the co-pilot Egyptian
Gamel Batouti deliberately commit suicide and
drop the plane and because the sentence uttered
and recorded the black box and is (trust in God).
-Egypt Aviation is responsible for damages as well as
damage to its reputation as a global airline, and
thus Disclaimer for U.S. security agencies.
7. U.S. report :
The comments come after the issuance of the final
technical report by the U.S. Aviation Safety
Authority and which bear Batouti responsible for
the crash "American-made" and a subsidiary of
Egypt Air for having Disconnect the autopilot
before the accident.
that Batouti committed suicide where he had been
repeating the phrase "trust in God" several times
but the same U.S. report did not explain why he
did this by stricken plane.
8. Egyptian report
- prepared by Dr. Egyptian. Mohammed Ibrahim
Moawad:
jet lag take off for two hours gives a perception of -
advance planning to blow up the plane...
Because the jet lag off the consequent likelihood
is very important and dangerous...
It is not included on map flights before take-off -
and
dialed with a hostile aircraft and fired rockets t -
bring it down therefore did not notice the route -
There were other explanations -
9. Evidence exile:
The point of view of an Egyptian expert.
The allegation on the suicide attempt.
Data of hard body.
US tailed authority.
Conclusion.
