re: #491 albusteve

the pilot was howling out his prayers, frozen at the stick as I recall

Here’s the accident description for EgyptAir flight 990 (10/31/1999) at ASN Read the narrative there. I remember reading at the time that some people said there was no way he would have downed the plane, because he had bought two new tires for his son’s car while in NYC, and they were in checked baggage.