Egypt A320 near Cairo on Nov 7th 2018, engine stall
Last Update: November 9, 2018 / 23:30:43 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 7, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-855
Departure
Cairo, Egypt
Destination
Khartoum, Sudan
Aircraft Registration
SU-GCB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A passenger reported the aircraft was climbing through estimated FL220 when the aircraft lurched several times, the right hand engine produced sounds as if it was oscillating between power and below idle. The captain later indicated the right hand engine had stalled. The passengers were supplied with drinks and cookies, about two hours later a Boeing 737 departed to Khartoum.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration SU-GCR departed Cairo about 3.5 hours after SU-GCB landed and reached Khartoum with a delay of 3.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service after about 28.5 hours on the ground.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 7, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-855
Departure
Cairo, Egypt
Destination
Khartoum, Sudan
Aircraft Registration
SU-GCB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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