French prosecutors recommend closing case of 2004 plane crash

French prosecutors Monday said they recommended the closing of an open case on the 2004 crash of a Boeing 737 flying from the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh to Paris as they ruled out a terror attack could have caused the crash. The decade-long investigation carried out by the prosecutors of Bobigny, which have jurisdiction over the Charles de Gaulle airport, found no evidence the plane crashed because of “a deliberate act of destruction” and attributed the crash to pilots’ errors and bad decisions, prosecutors said Monday. Since the pilots died in the crash, the prosecution recommends ending the process altogether. The Flash Airlines Boeing 737 crashed into the sea on Jan. 3, 2004, moments after taking off from Sharm El Sheikh killing all 135 passengers, six crew members and seven other airline employees. The results of the investigation on the 2004 plane accident show the process to establish the exact causes of a crash can take years.<br/>