Cockpit fire likely caused EgyptAir crash: French report

A cockpit fire likely caused the EgyptAir Flight MS804 crash with no mayday call that killed 66 people two years ago, officials said in a new report.

The EgyptAir Flight MS804 was en route from Paris to Cairo when it crashed in the Mediterranean Sea on May 19, 2016, killing all 66 people on board.

Officials recovered flight recorders that were analyzed two months after the crash because advanced repair work was needed first, the new report from investigators with France's Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety, known as BEA said.

The pilot did not issue a mayday distress call at the time and no one has claimed responsibility for bringing down the plane.
  (upi)
 7/7/18
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