# NTSB DCA11WA090: Boeing 777, Cairo, Egypt, July 29, 2011

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 29, 2011, 07:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place: Cairo, Egypt
- Phase of flight: [Pushback/towing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/200) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Pushback/towing: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 319 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 81282
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81282/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA090

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Pushback/towing: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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