Report cites technical failure in Egypt Boeing crash

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CAIRO (AFP) — The final report on the crash of a Flash Airlines plane carrying French tourists two years ago off the coast of Egypt cites a failure in the automatic pilot and guiding system, the official MENA news agency said.

"The report points to faults in the automatic pilot and guiding system. There was not enough time for the pilot to counter" the problem, the agency said, quoting an official from the civil aviation authority.

Contacted by AFP, a member of the panel that investigated the Boeing 737 crash in which 148 people were killed confirmed the information but refused to provide any more details on exactly what caused the accident.

He said the final report into the crash off the coast of the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh would be published on...