Timeline for EgyptAir Flight 990

The Associated Press
Sunday, October 31, 1999; 5:04 p.m. EST

Timeline for EgyptAir Flight 990. Times EDT for Friday and Saturday; EST for Sunday.

Friday

EgyptAir Flight 990, a Boeing 767, leaves Cairo, Egypt, bound for Kennedy International Airport in New York.

Saturday

8:02 a.m. – Plane, diverted because of inclement weather, lands at Newark International Airport.

11:51 a.m. – Plane leaves Newark, N.J., bound for Los Angeles International Airport.

2:09 p.m. – Plane lands in Los Angeles.

4:53 p.m. – Plane departs Los Angeles for New York's JFK airport. The scheduled time of departure from Los Angeles was 12:30 p.m.

12:57 a.m. – Plane lands at JFK airport.

Sunday

1:03 a.m. EST – Leaves gate at Kennedy Airport with 217 people aboard.

1:19 a.m. – Plane departs bound for Cairo, Egypt.

1:47 a.m. – Pilots make final radio communication with controllers.

1:50 a.m. – Plane begins descent from 33,000 feet.

1:52 a.m. – Last radar signal received from plane.

© 1999 The Associated Press

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