Boeing 777 SU-GBP

29 July 2011 · Cairo, Egypt · No injuries

Summary

On 29 July 2011 at about 07:00 local time, a Boeing 777 registered SU-GBP, operated by Egyptair, was involved in an incident near Cairo, Egypt. 319 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 July 2011 at 07:00
Classification: Incident
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Nearest airport: Cairo
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 777
Registration: SU-GBP
Category: Airplane
Engines: 2
Operator: Egyptair
Operating rule: Non-U.S., Commercial
Phase of flight: Not recorded
Route: Cairo → Jeddah
Aircraft damage: Minor
NTSB number: DCA11WA090

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
319	0	0	0	319

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On July 29, 2011, a Boeing B777-200, registration SU-GBP, operated by EgyptAir, experienced a fire in the right hand lower portion of the cockpit area, adjacent to the electronic flight bag and an electrical power panel. The aircraft was in the process of pushing back from Gate F7, Terminal 3 at Cairo Airport at the time the crew detected the fire, and the 12 crew and 307 passengers expeditiously deplaned with no injuries. The right side of the cockpit was damaged by fire. The flight was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The investigation is being conducted by the Egyptian Central Directorate for Aircraft Accidents Investigation, Ministry of Civil Aviation. As the state of manufacture, the NTSB has designated a U.S. accredited representative to assist the investigation. All inquiries concerning this investigation should be directed to: Central Department of Aircraft Accident Investigation and Prevention Civil Aviation Authority Ministry of Transport and Communications P.O. Box 52, Cairo Airport Road Cairo Egypt www.civilaviation.gov.eg

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record DCA11WA090, from the public aviation accident database.

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