Boeing 767-300 crash, Oct 31, 1999 (217 killed), Atlantic...
Boeing 767-300 accident on October 31, 1999 near Atlantic Ocean, World with 217 fatalities. Cause: Flight control inputs by the relief first officer...
- Date: October 31, 1999
- Aircraft: Boeing 767-300
- Location: Atlantic Ocean, World
- Fatalities: 217
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Flight control inputs by the relief first officer caused the aircraft to depart normal cruise flight and strike the Atlantic. The reason for the inputs was not determined.
EgyptAir Flight 990, a Boeing 767-366ER from New York JFK to Cairo, left normal cruise flight after the relief first officer made flight control inputs and dived into the Atlantic off Nantucket. All 217 people aboard died. The NTSB could not determine why the relief first officer acted as he did, and Egyptian authorities disputed the findings.