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Egyptair crash (2): "it was due to bad weather conditions"

Cairo, Egypt - Air carrier chairman rejects the occurrence of any technical failure

Egyptair rejected the conjecture of technical failure as a cause of the yesterday crash. "The accident has been caused by very bad weather conditions. A rainstorm drove the plane out of its course, pushing it to crash into the hill", affirmed Egyptair chairman, Mohamed Fahim Rayane. The occurrence of a technical failure had been reported by Tunisian aviation officials, who said that the Boeing 737-500...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 27739
Rome, Italy, 05/08/2002 15:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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