Air Disasters: Death and Denial 🛬 Full Episode 

Captain El-Habashi had been with Egypt Air for 36 years and had been flying for even longer than that, and despite being 57 years old, with the aircraft at an extremely unusual attitude pulling negative g’s, managed to get back to the cockpit and into his seat. He put everything he had into the fight to save his plane and his passengers, even after undoubtedly learning that the man beside him who was supposed to be helping him, was actually trying to bring the plane down. All the more tragic that Egypt Air and Egyptian government, in its effort to save face for a murderous Al-Batouti, never fully recognized the truly heroic efforts of Captain El-Habashi.

I really respect the real Captain. He tried to save everyone😢

At the end, one of his supporters says "this is a simple plane crash." There is no such thing as a simple plane crash.

As an experienced pilot, it is plain to me that Batouti obviously did it: 1) No flying pilot is going to say NOTHING when the Captain returns and asks him what is going wrong. Impossible. 2) It is beyond "coincidence" that a modern airliner in straight-and-level AUTOPILOT flight over the ocean SUDDENLY develops an aberrant control motion only WHILE THE OTHER 2 CREW-MEMBERS ARE OUT OF THE COCKPIT. Not believable. 3) No flying pilot will ignore such a sudden "control malfunction" for 15 seconds before taking any action whatsoever. Impossible. 4) No working professional pilot, ever, has volunteered (with unusual eagerness and forcefulness) to "take over" the 1st shift only 20 minutes into the flight. Impossible. We all know what a rest cycle is and what it is there for. What a despicable excuse for a man to take all those other people with him.

I feel so disgusted by his family's and the Egyptian president's efforts to cover up for one man while disregarding the many lives lost because of one man's selfishness. The fact alone that he was eager to fly the plane alone should already be more than enough to convince anyone that he's planning to do something really bad.

First, the man oddly insisted strongly on changing his flight spot for no apparent reason - Second, for what possible reason would you EVER shut down ALL the engines while flying over the ocean at night, that guarantees the plane crashing into the ocean, then add the fact he refused to answer the other pilot or pull back on his control yoke - no this man had a death/revenge wish and didnt care if he took a plane full of innocent people with him because of his personal problems that he created himself - he was mentally unstable no matter how you try to dance around it.

There should never be a case where someone is left alone in the cockpit of a passenger airliner. Ever.

I understand his family not wanting to accept their father was responsible, I understand them living in denial because they don’t want to believe their father was a sexual deviant who harassed women constantly, but everyone else can see what truly happened and I feel bad for his family living in that much denial. It’s a horrible truth, to recognise their father was a deviant in this way, how he harassed women constantly, and that he chose to crash the plane on purpose after being told he was being fired. He was a selfish man who only thought of himself, he harassed women because he was selfish, he crashed the plane because he didn’t want to live in shame because he was selfish, and his crimes were covered up for a time because the airline were selfish. Just selfishness all around.

I can understand, it must be really hard to believe your father committed suicide and brought hundreds of people with him.But they need to face the truth, so they can be in peace with their father.

There has never been a clearer case if pilot suicide. A vile act, which has destroyed thousands of lives.

He did crash it into the Atlantic. That's why he went into the Cockpit so early, and chased away the young First Officer.

Captain Taha's interview makes it crystal clear that Al Batuti intentionally crashed Egypt Air 990 and killed all on board. It's shocking when the airline EgyptAir itself revealed to all its employees that this wasn't an accident but the Egyptian investigators keep denying...

This was 100% intentional and the Eqyptians only proposed an alternative to cover up the failure of their actions.

The reason why Egypt is in denial that he purposely crashed the jet, goes back to the old saying. Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes people deny the truth, because it hurts.

Much respect for Captain El-Habashi, and First Officer Adel Anwar. For the First Officer for wanting to stand his ground and remain in his seat, and the Captain for his heroic efforts to try to save everyone.

This is my second time listening to this case and I'm still feeling very angry and disbelieve how someone can be so selfish!

The Egyptian investigators should be ashamed of themselves. Such disrespect to those who died on the plane.

I guess I'm not the only one obsessed with watching these videos

I blame management who tells a pilot getting on an aeroplane he will potentially fly that he will be fired.

The NTSB nailed it. I wonder if he was more embarrassed about explaining to his family why he was getting fired (for harassing women) of if he was just really set on killing the chief pilot. Either way, there was no reason to take everybody with him.

The man put himself before every woman at the hotel, and put himself before anybody on that plane. A true scoundrel. Egypt wrote the narrative they wanted to hear and then desperately tried to manufacture circumstances which supported it.

For anyone to say Egyptians or Muslims never commit suicide is ridiculous! We are all human, regardless of anything else. We are all the same; we all have the same emotions from time to time.

Because Egypt usually chooses to blame the equipment. It’s much more likely the NTSB is right. Sadly, the disagreements prevented measures that could’ve been in place to prevent other pilot suicides like Germanwings Flight 9525.

I can't believe they gave him the key to the plane after they told him he would be fired when he got back. I mean seriously right now?

If the decision had been made that this was his last flight to America, why even let him be in a position to control the aircraft ??? Why would he have been allowed to be on the flight at all???

He tried so hard to be left alone. He crashed the plane intentionally 😡

I just never understand people who want to take other people’s lives when they take their own. Like come on. That’s so selfish.

A red flag should've went up to the Captain when the relief 1st Officer forced himself prematurely into Adel's Amour's shift. Also, the Captain should not have allowed that handover nor should he have left the cockpit with El Batouty alone before his shift officially started. The pilots were too laxed.

I understand why they're in denial but they're not above normal humans. The real hero of the story was the captain who did everything to save the plane and he deserves to be remembered.

Really Sad that a man could intentionally do something so cruel 😢

ALL: "Let's investigate the case' Egypt: "DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. YOU WORRY TOO MUCH"

Wow, i feel real sad when i was watching this, The real captain tried to save everyone but failed :( My condolences to the families🙏

They tried so hard to blame the equipment. NTSB nailed this case, they were right.

Such a big loss when you hear that they were a number of pilot too on board it's very sad.

RIP every innocent soul on board. What a mental case flying for 36 years then taking a plane down full of passengers.

RIP to those who lost lives

After you tell someone they are fired or going to be, you take away all their ability to retaliate. The Captain’s best chance in this situation would have been a chokehold. In addition, pilots now carry weapons. Egypt Air screwed up big time.

If it wasn't on purpose why did he kill the engines.

How can they possibly deny, all to protect image and reputation of one person, what that co-pilot did, both preceding and during the flight? It’s so clear to everyone else what this scenario was. I know suicide is huge sin in their culture, but to deny and try to drive the investigation away from the truth is wrong. So many lives lost, but they’re all out to protect the reputation of one. Disgraceful in my opinion.

At 43:57, it seems he is projecting saying it is a cover up. I don't know what I would do is this situation if it was my relative. However, I feel the NTSB has a track record of reporting causes no matter if it makes Boeing, Airbus, etc look bad. It doesn't make sense why the NTSB would highlight shortcomings (in airplane design, pilot training, poor maintenance ) for so many accidents and try to cover it up for 1 exception. The Egyptian government refusing to turn over info on the pilots background is more indicative of a cover up to me.

The nephews total denial of his uncles obvious suicidal mission is totally irrelevant. He had no inside expert knowledge of the thorough and professional findings by the NTSB - only a loyal belief in his uncles innocence and that counts for nothing.

He did not behave how Captains should be, he wanted to fly so bad, he crashed the flight intentionally... my heart goes out to the captain who did his beat

Pride is a hell of a thing. What the nephew said explains it all "IT was a simple plane crash" but then follows it up with "Its a cover up" if they are covering something up then it isnt a simple plane crash. They just dont want to admit that a man that was held up on the highest pedestal would do such a horrible thing. That he wouldnt just unalive himself, but take hundreds of other people with him to avoid the consequences of his actions.

1st officer knew that old coot was up to something.

A coward in life and a coward in death taking others with him.

Wow… one of the most terrifying flights ever

Yo this is the narrator from “I ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH IT”😂One of my fav show because of him

If there was an issue with a hardover stabilizer, the plane would have not began to gain altitude after falling it would've gone straight into the ocean.

I disagree with Al-Batouti's nephew. It is not unusual for someone who is suicidal to act perfectly normally. Families are often in shock because they had no idea that their loved one was even depressed, let alone wanting to take their own life. Sadly, I've known seven people who committed suicide - all men, mostly under 35yrs old - and in only one case was the family aware that there was a risk. One of those young men was on holiday with a group of friends, larking around on the beach just like all the others. He excused himself and went back to his hotel and ended his life.

Nit-picking a small part of the video - the VSI (vertical speed indicator) would never spin around and around like that. The altimeter would, but the VSI would just peg at its max indication and stay there.

Whenever I seek answers to difficult questions, I ALWAYS look to history for answers. There was one eerily similar case that occurred 50-years ago in the ex-Soviet Union that strongly resembled this one. The case revolved around a Russian man who was the most prolific and sadistic mass murderer in Soviet history, killing a hundred boys and girls in the most grisly ways imaginable. The reason they never pursued him was because the Soviet government refused to believe that a Russian citizen could commit such heinous crimes, believing that only "sick and twisted Americans" were capable of such senseless violence. So they stonewalled the entire investigation, allowing him to kill virtually at will for years and years. Many dozens of innocent children could have easily been saved, but in their abject denial, the murders continued without interruption. That is nearly the identical circumstance here, where an entire government refused to believe that one of their own could have killed himself and others intentionally. Try explaining that concept to the hundreds of terrorists who commit suicide on a regular basis, taking out hundreds of innocent bystanders in the process. This was clearly an Egyptian coverup with absolutely no mitigating evidence to the contrary. P.S. Btw, the name of the movie I just mentioned is "Citizen X," available everywhere. Starring Donald Sutherland (who won the Emmy for his performance) and a superb Stephen Rea("V for Vendetta"), and Max Von Sydow ("The Exorcist") this is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is one of the most engrossing and riveting American films in years. WATCH IT.

Absolutely disgusting how this can happen. I think tensions went up when the First Officer was told that it would be his final flight to the United States Of America that he wanted some sort of revenge on the airline so he decided it would be the perfect time to take revenge on the airline when the captain left to go to the bathroom. I think also it didn't help that he never got promoted to captain which would have made the First Officer more upset which also corelates to why he wanted to take revenge on the airline and all passengers and crew on board.

Unbelievable! My heart goes out to the families 😔🙏❤️

If FO El Batouty wanted to take his own life, that's his prerogative but to murder the others on the plane shows a level of evil, narcissistic deprivation well beyond his alleged deviant sexual proclivity.

The captain almost saved the day he died a hero

When I worked in the airline, in situations where one of the pilots had to step out of the cockpit - a flight attendant had to go there. A pilot was never allowed to be in a cockpit by himself.

Im Egyptian and Im real disgusted on what the relief first officer did

That must've been, I can't even imagine, what those passengers went through otw down. Wow!

Saying that "Egyptians don't commit suicide" ...really shows that Denial (da Nile) is more than just a river

If they had waited until he got home to fire him, this wouldn’t have become such a tragedy. But we all have 100% hindsight, don’t we? So sad. In addition to my sympathies to the victims and their families and friends, I have sympathy for the families and friends of this man. I can’t imagine going through this.

In all the airplane disaster shows I have watched, the NTSB has always held the manufacturers of all planes accountable for any design defects and/or flaws. Corruption is not in any way shape or form happening in the NTSB. Corruption does exist in the USA, but not within the NTSB.

If only his bosses didn’t told him that this will be his last flight ✈️. They should have waited till he get back to Egypt 🇪🇬 and deal with it there that way he wouldn’t feel ashamed and commit this outrageous crime

You know we would Usually be happy over a full episode but the backstory of the actual flight is kinda dark

That man didn't die with honor as his son said, and he absolutely did not live with honor. What a belligerent dirtbag. Egypt Air sadly got what they deserve by allowing the bad behavior, unfortunately the innocent people didn't deserve what they got.

RiP to all those poor souls minus the murderer.

I think it’s exactly as how they described it. Batouty wanted revenge and it was going to be his last flight, it would be Rashputi’s also! (Sorry if I got the names wrong)

I am supremely scandalised and embarrassed by the Egyptian investigators. May God judge them.

I am so sorry for the family and friends of the people onboard. God bless their souls.

How can a professor from George Town not interpret that properly, as a native arabic speaker, we also say it when faced with a difficult choice, imagine being at a the top of a scary ride and have to decide if you want to go ahead, you hype yourself up n keep saying it, in this contest it means I’ve made my choice, the rest isn’t up to me. Listening to the audio alone tells you everything you need to know. How an entire country rallied behind a murderous pervert is beyond me. RIP to all that lost their lives

There can hardly ever be a more serious and reprehensible crime; there can hardly ever be a credible excuse!

This is such a sad, F*cked up event that didn’t need to happen. There were several good military personnel on board. Not to mention the retired couple that just wanted to finally travel. So many lives were lost all due to one persons selfishness. Just a sad situation.

All that money towards investigation when it was crystal clear three minutes in this video that the so-called ladies' man was a crazy lunatic. Lesson learned: don't tell a pilot he's fired until after his last flight!!

If there's a cameraman filming onboard your flight, you know you're finished.

Of course his family won't admit his responsibility, but why won't the Egyptian government admit it? How does it benefit them?

*I really love watching this type of documentary*

That's pure stupidity and sick. Love aviation but that guy was evil.

the brother’s analogy and argument is rediculous…this is an airliner filled with passengers following procedures and protocols, not a car driven by friends on a highway. The passengers families are fully justified in suing the airlines.

100 percent intentional. Why would he shut the engines down?

These video's are so addictive and I can't stop watching, despite being terrified of flying

That pilot is in the same category as Van Zanten from the KLM accident

Next video please ❤ Love this channel so much💯

End of video says, "it will forever be a painful mystery" I say, "painful yes, mystery no"

The Germanwings pilot and that whole incident...imagine being the F/O trying to get back to flight deck.

I am disgusted by the fact that a supposed trust worthy authority would want to give false reports to cover up the facts

If it hadn't happened in American airspace we'd never know the truth as the Egyptians would've hushed it up, like they have done with previous crashes.

Bro my heart broke when i heard about the person tho who switched their shift to get home Intime for his wedding. They just wanted to get home in time to declare his love to the women of his life and ended up loosing his chance at a future with her or the family they would have made 😢

So he was an old pervert that got rejected by women and decided to take everyone with him cos he was found out and let go from his job. What a selfish POS 😒

The flight simulator was shown that this pilot did the same thing several times to make sure he knew how to crash this plane he was embarrassed that he was to be fired, the error was you never tell a pilot this is your last flight he should have fired him right there why wait a day he kill all these people and his friends and family are to ashamed and they should be there father is a disgrace and disgusted human he never give a thought about anyone other than himself he dishonor his whole family and country,

Denial doesn’t change the real things in this world. Diverting attention, blaming others and grasping at straws shows weakness and real lack of character. I guess I just do not understand some of the Egyptian culture.

Love these documentaries.

All happen because co pilot exposes his birthday suit in front of some girls on the window, and harassing a hotel maid. Because of his actions, he was lectured by his bosses that flight 990 will be his last flight and he'll be retired

How the pilot made it back to the cockpit? " I will never know: Me : Easy: the passengers desperately helped him get to the cockpit. He road a human wave to the cockpit. I salute those passengers and pilot

He took it off autopilot without justification. Unfortunately he caused the accident. God bless the victims

I feel bad for the passengers who died😔

On another video, i keep getting harassed by Egyptians for daring to tell them that the evidence is irrefutable that Al purposely crashed the plane. No mechanical failure could've caused what happened

"Death and Denial." Denial. Egypt. Get it?

After German Air. Theirs always a Flight Attendant with a pilot. Condolences to the families and friends. All rip. We New Yorkers will never forget. Amen 🙏.

interesting how he said a blessing prayer at that beginning of the flight and yet it still crashed... That tells me that prayers are working as normal

i had seen it this before, glad there are no "new" tragedies. Great actors.

AMAZING VIDEO ✈️👍🏼