Aircraft Accident Brief Egyptair Flight 990, Boeing 767-366Er, Su-Gap, 60 Miles South of Nantucket, Massachusetts, October 31, 1999

A brief by the Nat. Transport. Safety Board (NTSB) on the crash of Egypt Air flight 990, a Boeing 767-366ER (767), SU-GAP, on Oct. 31, 1999, a scheduled, international flight from JFK International Airport, New York, NY, to Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt. All 217 people on board were killed, & the airplane was destroyed. Under the provisions of Annex 13 to the convention on International Civil Aviation, the investigation of an airplane crash occurring in international waters falls under the jurisdiction of the airplane's country of registry (in this case, Egypt). At the request of the Egyptian Gov't., the NTSB assumed full responsibility for the investigation. Illustrated.Leonard, Barry is the author of 'Aircraft Accident Brief Egyptair Flight 990, Boeing 767-366Er, Su-Gap, 60 Miles South of Nantucket, Massachusetts, October 31, 1999' with ISBN 9780756722630 and ISBN 0756722632.