Co-pilots Family Outraged After the report was released Friday, the family of co-pilot Gameel el-Batouty lashed out in the press, denouncing claims that he purposely crashed the jet. They are running out of things to say, so they are ruining the guys reputation,  said Walid el-Batouty, the copilots nephew. The NTSBs report included FBI findings that a New York City hotel had investigated el-Batouty for allegedly exposing himself to women there. They are trying to raise anything to divert people from the real reason [for the crash], the nephew said. The family stressed that the findings by Egyptian investigators, released by the NTSB, point to possible malfunctions of critical components of the aircrafts elevator control system, precipitating the planes crash. Ever since EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the coast of Massachusetts Nantucket Island about 40 minutes into its flight from New York to Cairo, U.S. investigators have suspected that el-Batouty may have deliberately plunged the plane into the ocean. But while widely shared, that supposition has been made only informally; the NTSB factual report draws no conclusion about the cause of the crash, which is not expected for several more months.  A Phrase: Common or Suspicious? The suspicion was based in part on comments he made prior to the crash recorded by the planes cockpit voice recorder. El-Batouty said in Arabic Tawakilt al Allah,  which can be translated as I rely on God  numerous times around the time the airliner started its fatal plunge into the Atlantic. But Egyptians note that the phrase is commonly used in a variety of circumstances  for example, when starting a car or conducting other mundane tasks. The el-Batouty family is particularly upset by the FBI investigative findings that the co-pilot was investigated by the hotel for alleged lewd behavior in the months preceding the crash. My uncle was a good Muslim, said Walid El Batouty. He had just completed Haj [a pilgrimage that is a holy duty for Muslims], and now they say he had a problem controlling his pants? But Walid el-Batouty said that whats even more disturbing is that a newspaper story about the hotel investigation appeared before the NTSB released its findings at a news conference in Washington later on Friday. Where is the justice? he asked in a phone interview with ABCNEWS.com. How does the NTSB expect us to believe in the investigation when they leak information to the American media on this day? Differences between U.S. and Egyptian officials reportedly broke out over the evidence-gathering process by investigators. In June, the families of the crew sued the airplanes manufacturer and parts- makers claiming it was mechanical malfunctions and not el-Batoutys purported suicide that doomed the airplane.  Threat to National Pride Egyptians, in general, have not reacted well to the suicide theory. Al-Ahram, the countrys largest circulation daily newspaper, said the allegation was a threat to national pride. This is an attack on Egypt in general, said Walid el-Batouty. I would like to know if the NTSB would dare accuse the pilot of an El Al plane  would he dare to even think of this if it was an El Al plane? El Al is the Israeli national carrier. NTSB chairman Jim Hall said that there will be no public hearing on the investigation, which is typical after a crash, because NTSB investigators believe there are no public safety issues raised by the EgyptAir accident. This decision seemed to imply that the NTSB is satisfied that a mechanical problem with the aircraft was not to blame. But for the el-Batouty family, only an apology from Hall over the news leak would set the record right. They have damaged my uncles reputation, said Walid el-Batouty. And chairman Hall did not even apologize for the leak. We expected more from this release. The NTSB has told us nothing new. At the news conference, Hall condemned the leaks and said the FBI and safety board jointly would investigate who was responsible for them.  EgyptAir Stands by Family EgyptAir on Friday said there was nothing on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) or the flight data recorder (FDR) to indicate that Flight 990 was intentionally crashed into the ocean. In a statement released Friday, the airline said that there was every indication that the crew attempted to save the aircraft and dismissed the reports of the hotel investigations. The reports do not establish any link between the purported allegations and actions by the relief first officer, said Captain Shaker Kelada, Vice President of Safety for EgyptAir, who headed the EgyptAir investigative team working alongside the NTSB. Attempts to focus on this are a smoke-screen designed to divert attention from the fact there is no credible evidence anywhere to indicate he intentionally dove the aircraft into the ocean. EgyptAir also said that throughout his career at EgyptAir, el-Batoutys medical record was devoid of any health or psychological concerns.  ABCNEWS.coms Leela Jacinto and Margaret Litvin in New York and Nasser Ibrahim in Cairo, the Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.  W E B L I N K NTSB: EgyptAir 990 Docket
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