Cairo-Intl

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Site:

Marmara Region (Marmara Bölgesi)

Schedule:

Cairo - Istanbul

MSN:

20760

YOM:

1973

Flight number:

MS837

Location:

Istanbul-Atatürk

Country:

Turkey

Region:

Asia

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Pax on board:

120

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On final approach to Istanbul-Atatürk Airport, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions with rain falls. The visibility was estimated to be 8 km but on short final, the crew lost visual contact with the runway for few seconds while the aircraft encountered local strong showers. After touchdown on a wet runway 24, the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance and overran. It lost its undercarriage, went through a fence, crossed a road and collided with various obstacles before coming to rest, broken in two. All 131 occupants were evacuated, among them 19 passengers were slightly injured.

Crash of a Boeing 707-351C in Karm Umran: 9 killed

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1988 at 2150 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 707

Operator:

Registration:

5N-AYJ

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Cargo

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Site:

City

Schedule:

Dar es-Salaam - Cairo - Brussels

MSN:

19168

YOM:

1966

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During a night approach to Cairo-Intl Airport, the crew initiated a go-around as the visibility was too low (400 meters). A second attempt to land few minutes later was also abandoned. The crew decided to divert to Luxor Airport where weather conditions were better. While approaching Luxor from the north, the crew declared an emergency due to low fuel when the aircraft lost height and crashed onto several houses located in the city of Karm Umran, about 45 km north of Luxor Airport runway 20 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all eight occupants were killed as well as one people on the ground.

Probable cause:

It is believed that the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Douglas DC-8-55F in Cairo: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1988 at 0407 LT

Type of aircraft:

Douglas DC-8

Operator:

Registration:

5N-ARH

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

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Schedule:

Billund – Cairo – Sharjah

MSN:

45859

YOM:

1966

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The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Billund to Sharjah with an intermediate stop in Cairo, carrying a crew of four and a load of about 100 Danish cows. Just after a night takeoff from runway 27R, while in initial climb, the aircraft stalled and crashed 700 meters past the runway end, bursting into flames. All four occupants and all animals were killed.

Probable cause:

It was determined that one of the engine failed and caught fire shortly after rotation for unknown reasons. The crew already abandoned a first attempt to takeoff few minutes earlier for similar reasons.

Crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 500 in Cairo: 23 killed

Date & Time: Jun 10, 1986 at 1900 LT

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F27 Friendship

Operator:

Registration:

SU-GAD

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Schedule:

Sharm el-Sheikh - Cairo

MSN:

10659

YOM:

1983

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Aircraft flight hours:

2063

Aircraft flight cycles:

2378

Circumstances:

On approach to Cairo-Intl Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions due to sandstorm. On final, the aircraft descended below the glide when it struck the roof of a building and crashed in an industrial estate located short of runway. Three passengers were seriously injured while 23 other occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

The crew descended below the minimum descent altitude in low visibility.

Ground fire of a Boeing 737-266 in Luqa: 60 killed

Date & Time: Nov 24, 1985 at 2020 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 737-200

Operator:

Registration:

SU-AYH

Flight Phase:

Parking

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Schedule:

Athens - Cairo

MSN:

21191

YOM:

1976

Flight number:

MS648

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On November 23, at 19:35 the EgyptAir Boeing 737 was hijacked by 3 men. The Egyptian security guard who was onboard shot and killed one of the hijackers before being shot and wounded himself, along with two flight attendants. Although the hijackers demanded to be flown to Tunisia or Libya, they agreed to land at Malta for refueling were it landed at 21:15. At Malta, the two wounded cabin crew members were released, along with 11 women. Because Maltese authorities refused to refuel the plane unless all passengers were released, the hijackers threatened to kill a passenger every 10 minutes. A total of 5 additional people were shot and thrown off the aircraft, two of them were killed. After 22 hours of negotiation the plane was stormed by Egyptian forces. In the fight which followed hand grenades were thrown into the passenger cabin, causing a fire.

Probable cause:

Aircraft hijacked and then partially destroyed by grenade explosion and fire arms.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-62M near Conakry: 23 killed

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1983

Type of aircraft:

Ilyushin II-62

Operator:

Registration:

P-889

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Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Pyongyang - Kabul - Cairo - Conakry

MSN:

21391

YOM:

1972

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Circumstances:

The four engine airplane departed Pyongyang Airport on a regular schedule service to Conakry, carrying 17 passengers and a crew of six. After two intermediate stops in Kabul and Cairo, the crew continued to Conakry without any incident. While descending to the Conakry-Gbessia Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane struck a mountain located in the Fouta-Djalon Mountain Range, about 30 km from the airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 23 occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

It is believed that the accident was the consequence of a controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Boeing 707-366C in Geneva

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1982 at 1220 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 707

Operator:

Registration:

SU-APE

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Schedule:

Cairo - Geneva - Zurich

MSN:

20342

YOM:

1970

Flight number:

MS771

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Pax on board:

174

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Captain / Total flying hours:

12564

Captain / Total hours on type:

4239.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

3000

Copilot / Total hours on type:

350

Aircraft flight hours:

39002

Circumstances:

The four engine aircraft was performing a schedule service MS771 from Cairo to Zurich with an intermediate stop in Geneva, carrying 174 passengers and a crew of 10. Following an uneventful flight from Cairo-Intl, the crew was cleared to descent for an ILS approach to Geneva-Cointrin Airport runway 23. On short final, the captain failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the right main gear struck an ILS antenna. Few seconds later, the airplane landed 35 meters short of runway threshold. While contacting the concrete runway, all three landing gear were torn off. The airplane slid on its belly for about 900 meters then made a left turn and lost its right wing before coming to rest. A fire erupted on the right side of the airplane but was quickly extinguished. All 184 occupants were evacuated, two passengers were seriously injured during the evacuation. The aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

The accident was the consequence of the followings:
- Lack of decision on part of the pilot-in-command (captain) who failed to initiate a go-around procedure following a wrong approach configuration after the aircraft passed below 1,000 feet or at least after passing over the outer marker,
- Insufficient work coordination in the cockpit, after the crew failed to follow the approach checklist and all instructions relative to approach and landing controls, lack of a clear distribution of tasks as well as surveillance and mutual assistance (doublecheck / crosscheck),
- Stubbornness to land once the ground in sight despite a wrong approach configuration (airbrakes deployed) with an excessive rate of descent.
The following contributing factors were reported:
- Omission of a correct approach and landing planing,
- Late increase of engine power during the last portion of the approach,
- A possible inadvertent deployment of the interior airbrakes shortly before impact.

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Crash of an Airbus A300B4-203 in Sanaa

Date & Time: Mar 17, 1982 at 0810 LT

Type of aircraft:

Airbus A300

Operator:

Registration:

F-BVGK

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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