Habashi

Captain Habashi was more religious, and was known to pray sometimes in the cockpit.

The Crash of EgyptAir 990 2001

Captain Habashi was more religious, and was known to pray sometimes in the cockpit.

The Crash of EgyptAir 990 2001

They were preceded in 1854 by a Khartoum-based “Egyptian” called Habashi; this surname “Abyssinian” was often given to the progeny of an Egyptian master and an Abyssinian slave.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

They were preceded in 1854 by a Khartoum-based “Egyptian” called Habashi; this surname “Abyssinian” was often given to the progeny of an Egyptian master and an Abyssinian slave.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

They were preceded in 1854 by a Khartoum-based “Egyptian” called Habashi; this surname “Abyssinian” was often given to the progeny of an Egyptian master and an Abyssinian slave.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

"Habashi" (Æthiopian) meaning a negro slave with blubber lips and splay feet, so far showing a superficial likeness to the Æsop of history.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Habashi somehow scrambled into the pilot's seat and began pulling back his yoke in a desperate attempt to lift the plane out of its dive.

'I Put My Trust In God' 2008

Turning over the controls to Batouti, Captain Habashi left the cockpit, perhaps to use the bathroom.

'I Put My Trust In God' 2008

Only one second after Habashi began fighting to pull the plane out of its dive, the flight recorder shows, someone -- investigators believe it was Batouti -- reached down and flipped a switch to turn off the plane's engines.

'I Put My Trust In God' 2008

Maximum airspeed of 586 kt. 1CRUISINGThe pilot, Habashi, flies the 767 on schedule for half an hour to a normal cruising altitude of 33,000 feet.

'I Put My Trust In God' 2008