# NTSB DCA16WA015: Airbus A321, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, October 31, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 31, 2015, 04:13 local (04:13 UTC)
- Place: Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 224 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92263
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92263/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA015

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 663
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown

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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