Washington And The World. Egypt’s Long History of Air-Disaster Denial. Will the Egyptian government come clean about EgyptAir Flight 804? The past isn’t encouraging.

It follows the downing of a Russian passenger plane over the Sinai Peninsula in October 2015 that killed 224 people in an act claimed by a branch of the Islamic State group in Egypt.

Egypt plans to replace its fleet of CH-47D helos with the “F” model. ... The aircraft type features a digital cockpit management system, ... He is a graduate of Northwestern University, ...