EgyptAir Flight 667
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Incident summary | |
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Date | 29 July 2011 |
Summary | Cockpit Fire |
Site | Cairo International Airport |
Passengers | 307 |
Crew | 10 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries (non-fatal) | 7 |
Survivors | 317 (all) |
Aircraft type | Boeing 777-266ER |
Aircraft name | Nefertiti |
Operator | EgyptAir |
Registration | SU-GBP |
Flight origin | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
Destination | Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN) |
EgyptAir Flight 667 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Cairo International Airport in Egypt to Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport in Saudi Arabia which suffered a fire in the cockpit while on the ground at Cairo airport on 29 July 2011. Seven people were injured as the aircraft was evacuated. The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft involved was damaged beyond repair and written off.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 777-266ER, registered SU-GBP (C/N 28423, msn 71). It had first flown on 5 May 1997 and was 14 years old at the time of the accident. It had 48,281 hours of flight time and had completed 11,448 flight cycles.[1]
Accident
The aircraft was parked at gate F7 of Terminal 3 at Cairo airport on 29 July 2011, with preparations underway to operate EgyptAir Flight 667. As the last few of the 307 passengers were boarding, a fire broke out in the cockpit of the Boeing 777, with smoke coming from inside the right side console.[1] Cairo Civil Defense reported that the aircraft was successfully evacuated with seven injuries. Airport fire teams extinguished the fire; two firefighters were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.[1][2] The aircraft sustained structural damage in the cockpit from the fire as well as extensive heat and smoke damage in the cabin. The aircraft was damaged beyond economic repair; this was the second hull loss of a Boeing 777.[1][2] Investigators focused on a possible electrical fault interacting with a supply hose in the crew's oxygen system.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "EgyptAir Flight 667 ground fire". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
- 1 2 "Recent Incidents / Accidents Worldwide". Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre. July 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2012.