Facts:   - other names: gamil el batouti , el batouty    - known for: egyptair flight 990    - death date: 31 october 1999      - birth date: 2 february 1940    - name: gameel al-batouti    - death place: atlantic ocean    - birth place: kafr al-dabusi , egypt    - occupation: pilot   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gameel al-batouti .
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gameel al-batouti -lrb- ; also rendered `` gamil el batouti '' or `` el batouty '' in u.s. official reports ; 2 february 1940 -- 31 october 1999 -rrb- was a pilot for egyptair and a former officer for the egyptian air force .on 31 october 1999 , all 217 people aboard egyptair flight 990 were killed when it crashed into the atlantic ocean about southeast of nantucket island , massachusetts .the us national transportation safety board -lrb- ntsb -rrb- concluded that the official probable cause of the crash was a series of control inputs made by al-batouti , who was in the position of relief first officer in command at the time of the crash .