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Cigarette in cockpit caused EgyptAir A320 passenger jet to crash and killing all on board
The jet had been flying from Paris to Cairo, with the Egyptian authorities claiming terrorism had been responsible for the incident which happened in May 2016 – but experts believe smoking led to a fire which caused the fatal crash. A pilot having a cigarette in a cockpit is believed to have brought down a passenger jet killing everyone on board, an investigation has found. (www.airguide.info) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Sounds more like CYA by the airline as to put enough oxygen into an area which has ventilation I think they are very wrong due to air exchange in the cockpit. If there had not been enough the smoke from cigarettes would have been overwhelming. Yes just a coverup for poor third world pilots.