The crash of an Egyptian airline Egyptair plane over the Mediterranean Sea in 2016 was likely caused by a fire caused by a cigarette smoked in the cockpit. The Italian newspaper “Il Corriere della Sera” reported on Wednesday, referring to a report that French experts presented to the court in Paris in March.
According to experts, the fire started after oxygen from an oxygen mask ignited in a cigarette smoked by the pilot or co-pilot. According to the Italian newspaper, recordings from the machine’s flight recorder confirm the suspicion of French experts.
EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed over the Mediterranean Sea on May 19, 2016 en route from Paris to Cairo. 66 people died. While Egyptian authorities initially assumed it was an attack, French investigators doubted this theory from the start.