- Date
- May 19, 2016, 00:33 local (00:33 UTC)
- Place
- Cairo, Egypt
- Injuries
- 66 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- SU-GCCAirbus A320
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 93206
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Unknown or undeterminedAll aircraft: 1,703 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation (EMCA) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving an AIRBUS A320, equipped with IAE V2500 engines, that occurred on May 19, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the EMCA's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the engine.All investigative information will be released by the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- SU-GCC
- Reported as
- Airbus A320
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2088
- Engines
- International Aero Engines V2500, turbo fanInternational Aero Engines V2500, turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Operator
- Egypt Air
- Registered owner
- Egypt Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal