- Date
- October 31, 2015, 04:13 local (04:13 UTC)
- Place
- Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
- Injuries
- 224 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- EI-ETJAirbus A321
- Defining event
- Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 92263
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 has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a AIRBUS A321 airplane, with IAE V2533 engines, that occurred on October 31, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the Egyptian's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the engines. All investigative information will be released by the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation .
Aircraft
- Registration
- EI-ETJ
- Reported as
- Airbus A321
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 663
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown