ENG23WA025

NTSB incident investigation · Airbus A321 · Cairo, Egypt · April 15, 2023

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
April 15, 2023, 06:20 local (06:20 UTC)
Place
Cairo, Egypt · Incident occurred at Cairo International Airport
Injuries
178 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Standing
Aircraft
TC-LSZAirbus A321
Defining event
Standing: Fire/smoke (non-impact)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Aviation Engineering Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
Pratt & Whitney
Case key
107073

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
TC-LSZ
Reported as
Airbus A321 (271NX)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
9452
Built
2020
Damage
Minor damage
Fire
On-Ground
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Turkish Airlines
Departed
LFTM · Istanbul, OF
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
HECA · Cairo International Airport