What happens if the pilot smokes a cigarette? If the pilot smokes a cigarette while flying, the plane itself could catch fire. An example of this is the accident that happened to EgyptAir. With this, the pilots’ smoking and its effects are now being discussed.
It was in 2016 that the plane crash that shook the world. At least 66 people have been killed after a plane crashed in Cairo. No one on board was left alive. EgyptAir’s MS804 plane went missing suddenly and a subsequent search revealed that it had exploded and crashed into the sea. But no one caught on to what happened. The cause of the crash remained unknown for years.
The tragedy caught the world’s attention when a plane exploded under mysterious circumstances, killing 66 people. It has even been argued that a terrorist attack was behind the much-discussed plane crash. The claim that the attack was a terrorist attack was strengthened by the presence of explosives in the remains of the victims. Between arguments and counter-arguments, the Coyro Prosecutor General ordered an immediate inquiry, but the facts were not revealed.
But an investigation into the past six years has found that the pilots’ negligence was the cause of the accident. The investigation report was prepared by French aviation experts. According to the report, the cockpit caught fire after the pilots lit a cigarette and the plane crashed. It was discovered that oxygen had leaked from the emergency mask after the cigarette was lit and that it had caused the fire. The 134-page investigation report also criticizes Egyptian pilots.
According to the report, the Egyptian pilots were constantly smoking during the flight, but despite this, the airline authorities did not strictly ban smoking. Currently, the report is pending before a court in Paris.
The worst plane crash was in May 2016. The EgyptAir flight was en route from Paris to Cairo. During the voyage, the plane crashed in the eastern Mediterranean Sea near the island of Crete.
The plane was carrying 40 Egyptians, 15 French nationals, two Iraqi nationals, two Canadians and one each from Algeria, Belgium, Britain, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sudan. All of them were killed in the accident. The plane, which was flying at an altitude of 37,000 feet, was the first to disappear 130 nautical miles off the Greek island of Carpatho. It was only later that the world came to know about the explosion. The plane’s black box was found in the sea near Greece.
Pilot Mohammad Syed Ali Shokairo and co-pilot Mohammad Ahmed Mandu Asemo were in the cockpit. The pilot was behind the smoke that caused the accident, which killed all the passengers and crew. The cause of the tragedy has now been revealed by French aviation experts.