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What: Egyptair Airbus A320-200 en route from Cairo to Kuwait Where: Egypt When: Dec 3, 2012 Who: 90 aboard Why: We have avoided this report for as long as possible, but finally decided to get it out of the way, since our mailboxes and emails are FULL of reports of: “Snake on a plane... »
Egypt Air Skids in Kenya
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Szabo Gabor What: Egyptair Airbus A320-200 en route from Cairo to Nairobi Where: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi When: June 6, 2012, 3.36am Who: 143 aboard Why: While landing at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the plane veered off the runway on to soft ground,... »
Egypt Air Tailstrike On Aleppo Takeoff
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Nicholas Young What: Egypt Air Airbus A321-200 en route from Aleppo to Cairo Where: Aleppo When: May 6th 2012 Who: 130 passengers Why: While taking off from Aleppo, the plane had a tail strike, impacting the runway. The pilots diverted to Larnaca where they... »
Airborne Medical Emergencies Abound
I doubt that April is any worse a month for medical emergencies, but just to give you a snapshot at how common it is—at least this past week— April 5 American Airlines New York to Buenos Aires Diverted to Caracas Venezuela with a sick man- April 6 (April 5-6) Cathay Pacific Chicago-Hong Kong An... »
Fire in Cockpit Cancels Flight
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Jason Wood What: Egyptair Boeing 777-200 en route from Cairo Egypt to Jeddah Saudi Arabia Where: Cairo When: July 29 2011 Who: 291 passengers, 7 hospitalized Why: After passengers boarded but before takeoff, the cockpit experienced a fire. Smoke leaked into the cabin, but... »
Lufthansa and Egyptair Close Call
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Khor What: Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 en from New York to Munich Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Howard Pain What: Egyptair Boeing 777-300 en route from New York Cairo Where: JFK’s runway 22R When: Jun 20th 2011 Why: The Lufthansa... »
Hard Landing in Cairo by Egyptair
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Giovanni Verbeeck What: Egyptair Airbus A321-200 en route from Brussels (Belgium) to Cairo (Egypt) Where: Cairo When: Apr 1st 2011 Who: 76 passengers Why: On landing at Cairo, the crew aborted the initial approach on receipt of an unsafe gear indication.The plane rotated with... »
Egypt Air Emergency Landing in Mumbai
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Roland Bergmann-Spotterteam Graz What: Egypt Air Boeing 737-800 en route from Cairo Egypt to Mumbai Where: Mumbai When: Dec 29th 2010 Who: 124 passengers, 7 crew Why: On approach to Mumbai, the flight crew noted a cargo fire alert. The flight landed safely and... »
Egypt Air Hydraulics Failure
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Szabo Gabor What: Egypt Air Express Embraer ERJ-170 en route from Budapest (Hungary) to Cairo Where: Cairo When: Nov 23rd 2010 Why: On approach to Cairo, the crew reported problems with the jet’s hydraulics. The flight made a safe landing but could not exit... »
Hydraulic Failure on Egypt Air Airbus
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Kurt Greul What: Egypt Air Airbus A321-200 en route from Cairo to Tripoli Where: Benghazi When: Oct 5 2010 Why: While en route, the plane experienced a hydraulic failure. The flight diverted to Benghazi, where they were able to make a safe landing after... »
