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Probing flight crew Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.airdisaster.com/news/1199/12/news2.shtml http://www.airdisaster.com/news/1199/12/news2.shtml Investigators probing EgyptAir flight crew. Associated Press Federal criminal investigators are focusing on unusual preflight behavior by EgyptAir Flight 990's crew and actively pursuing leads that suggest the disaster in which 217 people died ``was not an accident,'' the Boston Herald reported in its Friday editions. Citing unnamed sources close to the investigation, the newspaper said information unearthed in the wake of the Oct. 31 crash some 60 miles off the Massachusetts coast indicated that at least one flight crew member had reason to believe that something was going to happen to the plane. ``The accident side has come up empty-handed so far,'' the source said. ``However, the other side has been pursuing some very interesting leads that this aircraft was in danger.'' National Transportation Safety Board officials leading the investigation told reporters they have not ruled out any possible cause for the crash of the Cairo-bound, twin-engine, Boeing 767. ``We are looking at the entire crew ... looking at the passengers ... all aspects of what could be involved in this. That includes financial problems and personal situations of those on board,'' a law enforcement source told the Herald. ''There is not a single thing to indicate a blast or criminal activity. We are looking at various scenarios involving people in the cockpit.'' The newspaper reported that investigators discovered that one member of the flight crew was so concerned something might happen to the plane that the crew member left money and a message for another crew member's family. One of the flight attendants, Hassan Sherif, 26, called his wife Rania from New York just before he boarded the flight, saying ``there was something wrong with the plane,'' and that he was ``very worried,'' the Herald said, quoting the sources. But it was unclear, the newspaper said, which crew members investigators might be focusing on. There were a total of 18 EgyptAir employees -- 14 of whom were listed as crew members -- on board the doomed jet. In addition to Capt. Ahmed al Habashy, who commanded the flight, there was another captain and two flight officers listed as crew members, the Herald said. A third captain and three flight officers were listed as non-fare passengers. Ten flight attendants were also on board. Preliminary information from the flight data recorder, released by the NTSB Wednesday, gave no indication that the Boeing 767 had mechanical problems. Navy vessels were expected to resume their search for the cockpit voice recorder on Friday, when weather in the region was expected to improve. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This article Copyright © 1999 The Associated Press and may not be redistributed through any means. This website Copyright © 1999 Chris Kilroy/Darryl Morrell. http://www.airdisaster.com.

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