Comment by gosub100
1 day ago
> Murder-suicide looks like the likely conclusion
But why cutoff the fuel instead of flying into terrain? It's such a passive action
1 day ago
> Murder-suicide looks like the likely conclusion
But why cutoff the fuel instead of flying into terrain? It's such a passive action
For whatever reason, the Egypt Air 990 pilot initiated his murder-suicide by pulling the thrust to idle and then flipping the fuel cutoff switches.
I imagine it would be more difficult to fly into terrain without a cooperative co pilot than cutting the fuel just after take off.