Former NTSB chief says pilot action downed EgyptAir flight 990. From: Airline Industry Information | Date: June 19, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 M2 Communications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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The former head of the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), James Hall, has stated that the crash of EgyptAir flight 990 in 1999 could only have been caused by someone inside the cockpit and not a mechanical failure.

Speaking on the NBC television programme 'Today' on 18 June, Hall said, 'The information that I have very carefully reviewed when I was chairman left no question in m...