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* When Egypt Air Flight 990 went into an extremely steep dive over the Atlantic, Captain Ahmed El-Habashi (who had gone to the lavatory while the relief first officer was flying the plane) somehow made it back to the cockpit in zero-G conditions and and was behind the controls less than twenty seconds after the dive began. Although the captain was ultimately unable to save the plane, even being in a position to try required an incredible feat on his part.

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* When Egypt Air Flight 990 went into an extremely steep dive over the Atlantic, Captain Ahmed El-Habashi (who had gone to the lavatory while the relief first officer was flying the plane) somehow made it back to the cockpit in zero-G conditions and and was behind the controls less than twenty seconds after the dive began. Although the captain was ultimately unable to save the plane, plane[[note]]due to the relief first officer [[DrivenToSuicide deliberately]] pitching his own controls downward[[/note]], even being in a position to try required an incredible feat on his part.
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* When Egypt Air Flight 990 went into an extremely steep dive over the Atlantic, Captain Ahmed El-Habashi (who had gone to the lavatory while the relief first officer was flying the plane) somehow made it back to the cockpit in zero-G conditions and and was behind the controls less than twenty seconds after the dive began. Although the captain was ultimately unable to save the plane, even being in a position to try required an incredible feat on his part.

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