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31 Oct 1999
EgyptAir Flight 990 (MSR990) was a regularly-scheduled Los Angeles-New York-Cairo flight. On October 31, 1999, at around 01:50 EST, Flight 990 plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean, about 60 miles (97 km) south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, in international waters, killing all 217 people on board. The exact cause is disputed; Egyptian investigators concluded that the aircraft crashed as a result of mechanical failure, while U.S. investigator...
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| 1999 Oct 31 |
EgyptAir Flight 990 Crash
EgyptAir Flight 990 (MSR990) was a regularly-scheduled Los Angeles-New York-Cairo flight. On October 31, 1999, at around 01:50 EST, Flight 990 plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean, about 60 ...
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