- Date
- July 29, 2011, 07:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cairo, Egypt
- Injuries
- 319 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Pushback/towing
- Aircraft
- SU-GBPBoeing 777
- Defining event
- Pushback/towing: Fire/smoke (non-impact)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 81282
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual 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
Aircraft
- Registration
- SU-GBP
- Reported as
- Boeing 777 (206)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28423
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Egyptair
- Registered owner
- Egyptair
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- Cairo
- Destination
- Jeddah
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Cairo