Egypt B738 near Djamena on Jan 19th 2013, FMC failure
Last Update: January 20, 2013 / 17:37:54 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 19, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-878
Departure
Abuja, Nigeria
Destination
Cairo, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
SU-GDZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The area north of Ndjamena does not feature ground based navigation aids, the next ground based navigation aid would be at Khartoum (Sudan) about 1000nm east of Ndjamena.
The aircraft departed Abuja the following day with a delay of 19.5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 19, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-878
Departure
Abuja, Nigeria
Destination
Cairo, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
SU-GDZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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