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Washington - The co-pilot at the controls of EgyptAir Flight 990 when it
plunged into the Atlantic Ocean had been investigated by a New York hotel's
security force for allegedly exposing himself, USA Today reported on Friday,
citing several sources connected to the inquiry.
USA Today published the front-page report the same day that the National
Transportation Safety Board is due to release data from its investigation
into the October 31 crash off the Massachusetts coast that killed all 217
people on board.
The paper said the allegations against relief co-pilot Gamil al-Batouti are
contained in FBI investigative reports, some of which will be included in
the documents to be released on Friday by the NTSB. As part of the crash
investigation federal authorities questioned some employees at the Hotel
Pennsylvania, where EgyptAir flight crews were housed during layovers in New
York.
Witnesses there told investigators that the Egyptian reserve co-pilot
engaged in a series of sexually suggestive acts in public, USA Today
reported, quoting sources with knowledge of the investigation.
In one instance, al-Batouti reportedly exposed himself at a hotel window to
people located in a nearby courtyard, USA Today quoted the sources as
saying.
In another, a group of young women complained that he followed them in a
hotel hallway.