FlyEgypt flight FT-241 made an emergency landing in Cairo, Egypt, on February 5th.

The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Alexandria, Egypt, to Kuwait City, Kuwait, was diverted after the crew noticed smell of smoke in the cockpit.

The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The Boeing 777-300 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when the crew spotted a vehicle on the runway and rejected takeoff at high speed.

Several tires deflated as a result.

All three hundred and sixty-four people aboard remained uninjured.

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The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Khartoum, Sudan, but had to turn back after one of the engines stalled.

The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A330-300 flying from Tunis, Tunisia, to Madinah, Saudi Arabia, had to divert due to a technical problem.

The plane landed safely.

No one was injured.

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The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Zurich, Switzerland, but had to turn back due to issues with one of the engine computers.

The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The plane took off for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, but had to turn back due to an engine problem.

The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The plane was flying from Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, when the crew declared an emergency due to an issue with the wheels.

The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained safe.

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The Airbus A330-300 plane flying from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was on final approach to Cairo when a bird hit it.

The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

The plane sustained minor damage to the radome.

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The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Amsterdam, Netherlands, but blew the right-hand nose tire during departure.

The crew subsequently turned back and landed safely. All ninety-five passengers aboard remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A330-200 flying to Beijing, China, had to return due to engine failure.

The plane landed safely.

All 211 people aboard remained safe.

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The Airbus A340-200 plane took off for Shanghai, China, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew received a cargo door open indication.

The plane landed back safely. All 265 people aboard remained unharmed.

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The plane heading from Aswan to Cairo, Egypt, was diverted after the crew noticed a crack in the windshield.

The plane landed safely. All 71 people aboard remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A321-200 plane flying from Dammam, Saudi Arabia, was on final approach to Cairo when the crew received a brakes fault indication and prepared for an emergency landing.

The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.

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The plane bound for Lagos, Nigeria, was boarding when a fire alarm went off for a cargo hold.

The passengers were asked to deplane quickly which triggered a stampede.

Three passengers were injured in the incident and were taken to hospital.

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The helicopter was carrying two pilots, both of whom were killed in the crash.

The crash presumably happened due to a technical failure inside the helicopter.

A detailed investigation has been initiated.

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The plane en-route to New York from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was mid-air above Cairo when the pilot reported that a passenger had fallen ill onboard.

The plane landed uneventfully.

The passenger was already dead by the time he was taken to hospital.

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The Boeing 777-200 plane heading from Kuwait to Cairo, Egypt, was diverted after one of its engines stopped working.

The plane landed uneventfully. All 304 passengers aboard remained safe.

The passengers were accommodated in other flights.

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The Airbus A320-200 plane en-route from Alexandria, Egypt, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was diverted after the crew noticed a leak in one of the main cabin doors.

The plane landed uneventfully. There were 111 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.

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According to sources, the balloon made a crash landing due to a tear in its material or gas problems.

The air balloon landed successfully.

All people onboard remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A320-200, heading from Borg El Arab Airport, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt, to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was diverted due to problems with an engine.

The plane landed uneventfully. There were 120 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.

The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.

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Fifty-six passengers and ten crew died in the wreckage.

* Update: Black boxes both recovered.

Egypt’s announcement:11

Egypt’s announcement:10

Egypt’s announcement:9

Egypt’s announcement:8

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After AirFrance 447, legislation was underway to increase the battery life to 90 days. The technology exists, but because implementation of that transition has been slow, EgyptAir MS 804’s pinger battery is expected to expire at around 30 days.

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This is also the same plane that was vandalised two years ago at Cairo Airport. In Arabic someone, presumably Cairo Airport workers, wrote on its belly, “We will bring this plane down.”

It is a special concern that the plane had flown to Eritrea.

The US State Department has a standing travel warning for Eritrea, and is quoted as saying “security at the Asmara airport ‘can be unpredictable,’ and had a ‘lack of efficiency and consistency” in screening passengers.'”

The search for Egyptair is still underway.

On the search for Egyptair Flight MS804

According to AV:

“on 2016/06/01, Egypt’s Civil Aviation Authority reported “Laplace” located pings presumably from one of MS804’s black boxes. The vessel “John Lethbridge” of DOS will be joining the search team to retrieve the black boxes. The BEA (FR)confirmed that Egyptian Authorities have confirmed a “signal that may come from one of the recorders” of flight MS-804. The BEA did NOT confirm that a black box has been located.”

Debris has been found.

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The Boeing 737-500, heading from Khartoum, Sudan, to Damascus, Syria, was diverted due to an engine issue.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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The EgyptAir A320 disappeared May 18 over the Mediterranean.

When planes cross from one country’s airspace into another, the Air Traffic Control transition at those points is called the ‘hand-off.’ The crew was engaging with Greek ATC but when they attempted to hand the aircraft off to Egypt ATC, the crew made no response.

EgyptAir released that the crew was comprised of the captain, first officer, five cabin crew and three sky marshals. The passengers included 30 Egyptians, 15 French, 2 Iraqis, 1 British, 1 Belgian, 1 Kuwaiti, 1 Saudi, 1 Sudanese, 1 Chadian, 1 Portugese, 1 Algerian and 1 Canadian. The 56 passengers included three children.

Journalists have been barred by Airport security from the area in the Cairo airport where family and friends of the passengers are waiting.

EgyptAir Statement on MS804

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