Excerpt from Cairo Times:

Two theories predominate in the Egyptian press, both state-owned and opposition. One is that the Americans are covering up for Boeing. The other is that the American military shot the plane down, either accidentally or deliberately to get rid of 33 Egyptian air force officers who were returning home from training in the United States. Samir Ragab, editor of the semi-official Al Gomhuriya, has suggested either a missile launched from a robotic defense base or "destructive laser weaponry aimed at the aircraft by one of the quarreling US security services."

A full list of those officers, including their assignments and ranks, has yet to be compiled. The passenger manifest released by CNN, the printing of which is banned in Egypt, contains misspelled Arabic names which are difficult to decipher. Death announcements in the state press have only appeared sporadically.

Whatever conclusions that the investigators may draw from the black box, it's unlikely that they will convince everyone. The Islamist- oriented Al Shaab reported that the Americans retrieved the black boxes days after the crash, reprogrammed them, and threw them back in the water.

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Subject: Re: FLT 990- I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!! From: gdn1@rocketmail.com (Gary) Date: 1999/11/17 Message-ID: <384e6f45.34981139@news.usol.com> Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy [More Headers]

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:03:01 -0600, "J&M" wrote:

>Ok, here is what i'm thinking. The co-pilot was not originally scheduled to >be on that flight, but he asked to trade with someone so he could be on that >flight. What i'm thinking is that there was someone, a passanger, who was >wanted dead by someone or some group and either the co-pilot was a member of >that group or was blackmailed into taking his own life, perhaps to save the >lives of his loved ones, to get Mr. X dead. We need to start looking at the >passangers. Remember when the SwissAir flt crashed? We knew right away who >was on that plane. Not too many names are being released with the crash. >Only one i've heard of is some old couple who traveled alot, big whoop. >

Hate to pop your bubble but here's the passenger list as reported by the Associated Press:

http://www.greatdreams.com/pass990.htm -

Passengers, Crew of EgyptAir Flight 990

OCTOBER 31, 1999

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CREW AND PASSENGERS on EgyptAir Flight 990, as provided by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs New York's Kennedy International Airport, and by relatives and friends. Ages and hometowns given where available.

FLIGHT CREW

Capt. El Habashy

Capt. Rauof Noureldin

Flight Officer Adel Anwar

Flight Officer El Batoty

Farouk Tamam

Neama Riad

Maha Ahmed

Janet Fam

Amal Sayed

Hasan Farouk

Hesham Sabry

Mohamed Galal

Maha Elmahrouky

Adel Erian

NON-REVENUE PASSENGERS

Capt. Hatem Roushdy, EgyptAir employee, not part of the crew

Flight Officer Hesham Farouk, EgyptAir employee, not part of crew

Flight Officer Hesham Omar

Flight Officer Rafaat Ayad

PASSENGERS, embarked in Los Angeles

Ms. Walla Abdelfattah

Sami Abdurbu

Maherhassan Adel

Elsayed Agwah

Mohamed Showadfy Ahmed

Rashad Alymohd Aly

David Ameeraly

Mikhaielna Nasr Ibrahim Aziz

Mrs. Taysir El Bagouri

Mrs. Zaki Mohamed Baria

Bahgat Badieh Bassam

Mrs. Fatma Gabr

Dr. Mohamed Galal

Youssef Genidy George

Ms. Mostafel Shouras Gehane

Mahamed Nabil Ihab

Hussein Ismail

Mohamed Elseman Khaled

Garhi Hassenin Khalifa

Ms. Imilda Kolander, 66, San Ramon, Calif.

Effat Mansour

Mrs. Virginia Mansour

Ms. S. Marufu

Nabilalatif Mohamed

Mrs. Nama Mossad

Ahmed Wasfy Nehad

Mohamed Mohd Salaheldin

Abdullah Saleh

Nasim Saleh

Mrs. Riham Sultan

Mahmoud Akader Tamer

Mourad Omonir Yassa

PASSENGERS, embarked in New York

Sayed Abdalla

Salah Adam, 32, Toronto

Shaline Adam, 42, wife

Joshua Adam, 4, son.

Rebecca Adam, 22 months, daughter

Saadeldin El Alfy Ahmed

Fouad Abdel Ghafar Ahmed

Badaway Ahmed

Hamed Abdel Wahab Ahmed

Hosam El Din Ghafar Ahmed

El Sayed Elnady Ashraf

Fouad Mohdelmansy Ashraf

Ms. Dorothy Allen

Ms. Jean Allen

Abdel-Rahman Amin, of Cairo

Alia Abdou, wife

Charles Balassi

Ms. Novelle Balassi

Ms. Paula Barnes

Mrs. Tamsin Barnes

William Barnes

Essameldeen Bassem

Mrs. Dorene Beck

Raymond Beck

Ms. Gloria Berchielli

Mrs. Charole Bergeron

Mrs. Celine Bienvenue

Arthur Billings

Mrs. Barbara Billings, 71, Norfolk, Conn.

Mrs. Judith Bowman, 57, Huntington Beach, Calif.

Richard Brokaw

Ms. Lenor Burson

Richard Burson

Ms. Virginia Chaplin

Mrs. Aishan Daif with infant

Luc Desy

Hosny Diaaeldin

Ms. Elinor Duckworth

Gerald Dunbar

Mrs. Judith Ebner

Robert Ebner

Sahar Elboghady

Aalimelsayed Elkhedaiwy

Adel Elkousy, 65, Chillicothe, Ohio

Wafaa Elkousy, wife

Abdu Elzanaty, of Cairo

Abdel Rehem Seleman Emad

Abed Raboh Fawkia

Robert Fitzpatrick

Mrs. Sharon Fitzpatrick

Ms. Dorothy Foth

Rich Foth

Luther Fraatz

Mrs. Barbara Freeman

Jarold Freeman

Mrs. Louise Gamache

Mohamed Emara GamalGuy Gelinas

Miss Hossameldin Gihad

Stanley Grams

Mrs. Beverly Grant, 82, Santa Ana, Calif.

Martin Greenberg, Ridgefield, Conn.

Natalie Greenberg, wife

Mohamed Hussein Hanadi

Donald Heck, Chestertown, Md.

Ms. Jeanne Heck, Chestertown, Md.

Mohamed Abdel Hamid Hesham

Mostafa Abdel Aziz Hesham

Mohamed Hossameldin

Mohamed Saleh Ibrahim

Rafik Iskander, 40, Lakewood, Ohio

Dr. H. Paul Jacobi

Ms. Patricia Jacobi

Willie Jackson Sr., 61, Scotch Plains, N.J., and Orlando, Fla.

Ms. Sheila Jaffee, 63, Huntington Beach, Calif.

Tamer Kasem

Mohamed El Sayed Khaled

El Sayed Ahmed Khaled

Abdul Nasser Khaled

Haitham Kheiry

Mrs. Anna Kogan, Richmond Hill, Ontario

Mark Kogan, Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Ghassan Koujan

Larry Kowalsky, West Bloomfield, Mich.

Ms. Edith Kowalsky, West Bloomfield, Mich.

Ms. Jacqueline Kurasch

Mrs. Johanne Laferte

Agathe Lavoie

Edmond Greish Magdy

Mahmoud Mohamed Magdy

Abdelazim Mohamed Mahmoud

Samy Makary

Claude Masson, deputy publisher, Montreal La Presse

Mrs. Jeannine Bourdages, 58, wife

Ms. Ann McCormick

Thomas McCulloch, 72, La Plata County, Colo.

Ms. Henrietta Mead, 61, Norfolk, Conn.

Edmund Miller Sr., West Point, Miss.

Hannah Miller, wife

Ms. Leigh Minturn

Nabil Saadzaky Mohamed

Abdel Haymohd Shahin Mohd

Mahdmohd Elsayed Mohd

Lotfy Mohamed Mostafa

Ahalim Elsayed Nashaat

Ms. Lois Neufeld

Hakim Mohamed Nabawia

Jacques Noreau

Arthur Peever

Barbara Peever

Bernard Poirier

Mrs. Noreauluce Poirier

Mohamed Abdelbaky Ragab

Stephen Reinhart, 38, Lakewood, Ohio

Eugenia Rhodes, 80, Chicago.

Robert Rice

Mrs. Mary Rice

Mrs. Doris Rosen

Irving Rosen

A. Rosenour

Mrs. S. Rosenour

Mrs. Stella Ross

Fawzy Sameh

Mahmoud Shaban Samir

Salamafereg Samir

John Schelpert, Chestertown, Md.

Joann Schelpert, 71, wife.

Kurt Schwenk, 39, Palo Alto, Calif.

Mrs. Erica Schwenk

Mrs. Mitzi Schwenk

Tobey Seidman, 71, Irvine, Calif.

Norman Shapiro, Bloomfield Township, Mich.

Ms. Joan Shapiro, Bloomfield Township, Mich.

Narues Shenouda

Fathy Tawfeq Hesseen Sherif

Leroy Sides

Michael Sides

Arthur Simermeyer, 72, Randallstown, Md.

Marie Simermeyer, 60, wife

George Small

Arthur Smith

Mrs. Betty Smith

Mrs. Barbara Lee Smith

Gerald Smith

Ms. Anne Soernssen

Gerard St. Germain

Yvette St. Germain

Gavin Stearns

Thomas Stone, Columbus, Ohio

Willa Dean Stone, wife

Mrs. Mary Lou Sterner, 66, Olmito, Texas.

Ibrahim Saleh Talaat

Mrs. Betty Van Burskirk

David Van Burskirk

John Voelker

Issawahba Wahba

Ms. Sameer Walaa

Mrs. Alice Walker

Mrs. Elaine Walker

Neal Walker

Caryl Welsh

Gerald Welsh

Ms. Carol White

Frederick M. Wong

Mrs. Lilla C. Wong

Mohamed Kamal Yasser

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