someone at 33,000 feet inthen air.a.This something that is normally done when preparing to descendroutinely or in case of an emergency.b.About 8 seconds after the autopilot was disengaged, someonemade the plane face straight down with the nose downward.c.Next, someone then decreased power in both of the two enginesand then cut the power off completely.2.There was no sign of trouble with the engines and no sign of why theengines were almost restarted.a.This could actually happen if the pilot was trying to restart theengine after dying, but there was no engine problems at the time.b.There was no call to air-traffic controllers to warn anyone aboutwhat was happening or if help was needed.Transition:With no warning to what was happening in the air, many conclusions are beingconsidered.B.There are many thoughts to why the plane may have been positioned nose downand why the engines were shut off.1.Some investigators think that this could have been a suicideattempt out of plain madness.2.Other investigators along with some FBI think that there just havemaybe been a struggle in the cockpit in the plane.3.U.S. officials are working with the Egyptian government to askfamily members and friends about the victims and as well as thepilots.Transition:With so many circumstances being considered, the FBI is being pushed awayfrom investigations.C.The White House has declared that the FBI do not get too involved into theinvestigation until NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) investigators arethrough with their searches.1.The NTSB did not want to have another fiasco like that which happenedwith the TWA 800 flight.a.With the TWA 800 flight, the FBI suspected that the plane crashwas due to terrorist bombs or missiles.b.The NTSB wanted the least publicity possible for flight 990.2.FBI officials are now angry with NTSB officials for not allowing them tolook into the crash.a.FBI has been shut out of the analyzing of the flight recorder.b.They have eve...
