Word: maroc
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Investigators looking into the air crash that killed all 44 people aboard a Royal Air Maroc passenger flight concluded that the accident was intentionally caused by the pilot as he committed suicide. Transport Ministry officials said the pilot disconnected the automatic controls and pushed the aircraft into a dive while his female co-pilot screamed out Mayday signals over the radio. But the Moroccan Pilot's Union contested the suicide finding, saying that the pilot was a cheerful, well-balanced man and there was evidence of technical failure...