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Did Israel Assassinate 34 Egyptian Generals In 1999?
And Did Terrorism Take Down Egypt Air Flight 990?
10/5/01 10:32:40 AM
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Egypt Air 990 - More Questions And 'Coincidences'
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(Statement of Walid Batouty, nephew of Gameel El-Batouty, co-pilot on
flight 990)
On October 31st 1999, Egypt Air Flight 990 bound for Cairo
mysteriously, plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, about 60 miles south
of the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 people
aboard.
The Boeing 767-300ER exploded at 11,000 feet after 40 minutes of its
take-off from Kennedy International Airport in New York. Controversy
surrounds the crash to this day, but here is an interesting "series
of events or 'coincidences'," according to crash investigators:
1. There were 34 generals of different ranks from the Egyptian Armed
Forces on board the plane. Among them was a general who has a
Doctorate in atomic sciences, and more than 20 pilots who
successfully completed training in operating Apache helicopters that
had been recently sold to Egypt. Also on board were other generals
who successfully completed training in launching the famous American
Patriot missiles. The training of all those generals lasted 3 years
and cost Egypt $3 billion, which Egypt paid in full.
2. Israel had vehemently denounced the training program of those
generals upon their arrival in the US 3 years before, calling the
training program "a threat to Israel's security."
3. Israel started a campaign accusing Egypt of seeking to modernize
its armed forces, and of possessing missiles that threaten the
security of Israel, especially so because the army generals who came
to train in the US would be exposed to the secrets of the joint
American-Israeli missiles and jet fighters technology.
4. Egyptian defense minister, Muhammd Hassan Tantawi, announced the
previous October that war with Israel was not ruled out. He also
announced that Egypt therefore is continuously building its armed
forces to be in a state of readiness.
5. One day before the tragedy, the American authorities provided
hotel accommodation in a 3-star hotel for the airplane crew, which
constitutes a violation of the simplest norms of international
aviation, where the crew is accommodated in the airport hotel or in a
5-star hotel.
6. On the same day, a crew of pilots and flight attendants of
Israel,s airline (El Al) checked in the same hotel with a general
form the Israeli Intelligence (Mossad) who was in charge of the
crew's luggage and personal belongings.
7. Just a few hours prior to the incident, one of the Egypt Air
flight crew complained to the hotel security that someone had sneaked
into his room, because he noticed signs of an attempt to open his
suitcase by breaking the locks. But the hotel security assured him of
no foul play as long as nothing was missing.
8. The day of the incident, Edward McLoughlin, an American Jew, who
is a vice president of an American civil agency was one of the
passengers of Egypt flight form Los Angeles to New York City in route
to Cairo. But when the plane landed in New York City, Mcglauglen
refused to continue his journey to his final destination (Cairo) for
fear of possible "planting of a bomb" by "one of the passengers at
its first stop (New York City)."
9. On the day of the incident, the American authorities opted to take
the flight crew's luggage from the hotel through the halls to the
plane itself. Meanwhile the Mossad general opted to take the luggage
of the crew of El Al flight to the Israeli plane himself. But the
luggage of the crews of both Egypt Air and El-Al ended up being taken
from the hotel to the airport in the same car that took the Mossad
general to the Israeli plane.
10. Prior to the Egypt Air flight departure, the American authorities
inspected the plane for 3 hours, which is a very unusually long time
in aviation norms. Also it has been reported that airport security
had not given similar attention to any other plane that day.
11. 40 minutes after the flight's departurecontact with the plane was
lost over the Edward American naval base, which is known to have anti-
aircraft missiles, some of which are ready to be launched
automatically by the mere sensing of an object passing over at a
certain elevation.
12. After the incident,3 eye witnesses testified to the investigators
that they saw the plane on fire as it was falling down. Fox News also
has confirmed in its own investigation of the incident that the pane
had exploded in mid air before its fall according to what was seen on
the radar screens.
13. The American investigation team reported that the plane fell from
33,000 feet to 19,000 feet in 40 seconds, which, according to
aviation experts, "is a speed equal to a free fall due to earth
gravity," which makes it evident that the plane has fallen down in
pieces and not as one body. Because the body of the plane is designed
in a way that makes it impossible for the body of the plane to
descend at a speed in access of 7,000 feet per second. Aviation
experts also add that "even if the engines of the plane stopped
working, it would still have been possible to land the plane at the
nearest airport.
14. 10 hours after the incident, a member of the American
investigation team announced that they had found the "black box that
records the secrets of the events" in the "last moments just before
the plane's fall." However, the next day, the American official
spokesman denied finding the "box" and said that the investigation
team was still searching for it! If you you would like to know more
just write back to me and I'll let you know, I'll be going very soon
to the U.S.A to check on more of the story."
Walid El Batouty
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