March 21, 2002 Updates

 Final Report
 Press Release
 Chairman's Statement

Public Docket Table of Contents: (updated 3/21/02)
Reports and other investigative material

Statement of Chairman Hall, on the Release of 
the EgyptAir flight 990 Public Docket (8/11/00)

Announcement: Opening
of EgyptAir Public Docket (8/10/00)

Press Releases and Advisories

Remarks by Chairman Hall

Family Assistance

NTSB Investigative Process

Aviation Accident Synopses

Slides from 11/13/99 Press Briefing
Timeline, (11/19/99)

Information From Other Sources:

U.S. Navy Salvage Operations Support
NOAA Search and Recovery Support
NOAA / National Weather Service Forecast
U.S Coast Guard
Smit Pioneer  
 

Under the International Civil Aviation Organization treaty, the investigation of a plane crash in international waters is under the jurisdiction of the country of registry of the aircraft. At the request of the Egyptian government, the NTSB took the lead in this investigation.

The airplane involved in the accident was a Boeing 767 model 366 ER, a stretched and extended range version of the basic 767. It was the 282nd 767 off the production line, delivered new to EgyptAir on September 26, 1989. The registration number is SU-GAP. It was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney 4000 turbofan engines.

Passengers were from Canada, Egypt, Germany, Sudan, Syria, United States, and Zimbabwe. Family assistance was coordinated through a task force led by the Department of State and the NTSB's Family Affairs Office, supported by the Red Cross, Disaster Mortuary Services of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Federal Emergency Management Administration for communications.

The investigation was supported by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Coast Guard, the Department of Defense, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, EgyptAir, and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engines. The NTSB's final report was issued March 21, 2002