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If you knew your pilot’s name was ‘Mohammed,’ would you still board the plane?

May 25, 2016 By Kathy Shaidle

Of course, if you’re flying EgyptAir, the chances are great that your pilot (and co-pilot and who knows who else on board) is named “Mohammed” anyway. But now reports indicate that for Mohammed Shakir, the pilot of the downed EgyptAir plane, Flight 804 was no ordinary journey.

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