1.   Before identifying wireless phone use as an accident cause, it fell under the driver-inattention category.

2.   Accident causes include equipment failure, poor training, pilot error and just plain bad luck.

3.   He advises people not to use their horn to express anger, because horn-related distraction is a frequent accident cause.

4.   Police said they were investigating the cause the accident.

5.   El-Messiri said EgyptAir is planning to appeal the NTSB findings, claiming its report was incomplete and had failed to find an accident cause.

6.   President Emile Lahoud issued a statement ordering prosecution officials to investigate the accident cause and take necessary measures.