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Pilot’s lit cigarette sparked fire that caused 2016 EgyptAir crash and killed 66: Report

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In 2016, Egyptian flights fell and all 66 people were dead. Now, a report by French flight experts has claimed that the accident occurred after the pilot cigarettes burned down causing the cockpit fire.The 134 -page report states that Pilot MS804 lit cigarettes in the cockpit, because which oxygen leaked from an emergency mask on fire.

According to the report, Egyptian pilots regularly smoke in the cockpit and the practice was not prohibited by the airline in 2016. The report was sent to the appeal court in Paris.In May 2016, Airbus A320 was on its way from Paris to Cairo when crashing into the eastern Mediterranean Sea, near the island of Crete, in a mysterious state.

Among the dead were 40 Egyptians, 15 French citizens, two Iraqi citizens, two Canadians and one passenger from Algeria, Belgium, England, Chad, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.The aircraft flew at 37,000 feet and disappeared about 130 nautical miles from Greek Island Karpathos.After the accident, a large search operation was launched and the plane’s black box was found near Greece in the sea.During the accident, the authorities in Egypt claimed that the accident was the result of terrorist attacks.

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