EasyJet captain who ‘nearly hit mountain with 190 on board’ is suspended by airline

An easyJet pilot has been grounded for flying his passenger aircraft too close to a mountain in Egypt, according to reports.Captain Paul Elsworth’s Airbus A320 came within 770ft of disaster when it descending towards the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, The Sun said.Pilots usually clear the mountain range at about 6,000ft.But the 61-year-old allegedly flew over the 2,329ft peak at 3,100ft with up to 190 passengers and crew on board.The newspaper added a ground proximity warning system in the cockpit was triggered and an alert rang out: “Pull up, terrain, terrain, pull up, pull up, terrain ahead, pull up”.A last-gasp manoeuvre - pulling on the joystick to level off the aircraft – prevented an accident.