[ec109685]

Besides not agreeing with the EAAID, nothing in then BEA report makes Egypt look bad. It was a tragic accident and the crew acted admirably.

What was the motivation for Egypt to insist on a bomb detonation beyond them believing that is what happened?

[ndiddy]

The article and French report point to the fire being caused by an oxygen leak from a faulty cockpit oxygen mask system. There were many problems reported with the system on that plane, such as the oxygen air level decreasing every flight and the oxygen mask box being replaced with a refurbed faulty one from another plane after it was found to be stuck open. Additionally, there's allegations of other problems with the plane in question not being logged properly. I think having a plane full of passengers on the state-run Egyptian airline getting killed due to poor maintenance is enough of a motivation for the Egyptian government to try to cover things up.

[singleshot_]

If an airline discovers that it has poor maintenance from an accident investigation, and tells everyone about the problem, then I _might_ consider flying that airline in the furure.

EgyptAir would be an extremely hard no for me.

[unyttigfjelltol]

I assumed the lavatory alarm sent the Egyptian commission irretrievably down the wrong investigatory path, and couldn't be pulled back.

That said, answering your question, an alternative interpretation would read quite a lot of missing context from the pilot's final words on the CVR:

> For several seconds, the weak sound of breathing continued, followed by the thud of an object falling to the floor. And then, uttering the last words of flight 804, words heard by no one save for that lonely sentinel, the CVR, he said, “[I] ask forgiveness from God.”

[elashri]

> “[I] ask forgiveness from God.”

That's too much reading by a western observer who doesn't understand the religious and cultural aspect of things. This could mean anything from "hoping that God will help us in this difficult situation by admitting your sins" to someone who realizes it is almost the end and as someone who believes in after death then they want to ask forgiveness in the last moments.

[selimthegrim]

The last part of the sentence is correct, but the EgyptAir 990 crash gave it a bad cast in Western eyes.

[gus_massa]

Hi from Argentina! Am I Westener enough?

I think I don't have enough cultural and religious context, but they look like standard last words to say. (Moreover, they feel like last words indicate that the whole crew and passengers were unrelate for the cause of the accident, but perhaps I'm reading too much.)