The Egyptian flight that crashed and sadly killed sixty-six people back in 2016 was caused by a cigarette, an investigation has found.
A new investigation has revealed the cause of the fatal plane crash back in 2016.
The EgyptAir plane was traveling from Paris to Cairo, Egypt when it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.
According to TMZ, a report viewed by Italian news organization Corriere Della Sera found that the crash was caused by a cigarette.
The outlet states that report concluded that the pilot was smoking a cigarette while in the cockpit.
The report claimed that at the time, Egyptian pilots regularly smoked in the cockpit, and that it was not banned.
The lit cigarette allegedly ignited with oxygen that was leaking from a oxygen mask which may have caused the fire to break out.
The Daily Mail reports that the conclusion made by investigators was evidenced through sounds captured on the plane’s black box.
Recording on the black box reportedly heard hissing sounds of oxygen escaping from the oxygen mask.
The same mask heard hissing had been replaced just 3 days prior and its release valve had been set to the “emergency” position.
This position on the mask reportedly causes oxygen to be released when it is at a higher pressure.
The Daily Mail reports that originally, France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety believed the cause of the crash to be down to a mechanical failure or inadequacy.
However, Egyptian authorities claimed that the plane crash was the result of a terrorist attack.