Egypt B738 at Alexandria on Apr 12th 2024, engine failure

Last Update: April 12, 2024 / 16:45:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 12, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Egypt Air

Aircraft Registration
SU-GCM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Egypt Air Boeing 737-800, registration SU-GCM performing positioning flight MS-4413 from Alexandria (Egypt) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), was climbing through FL170 out of Alexandria when the crew stopped the climb, initiated a descent and entered a hold due to an engine (CFM56) failure. The aircraft subsequently returned to Alexandria for a safe landing about 50 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration SU-GED positioned from Cairo (Egypt) to Jeddah to pick up the 140 Umrah pilgrim waiting for their flight back home.

The airline reported the occurrence aircraft suffered a technical malfunction. A replacement aircraft was dispatched from Cairo to pick up the 140 pilgrim waiting for their flight home.

The occurrence aircraft was able to position to Cairo about 14 hours after landing back in Alexandria.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 12, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Egypt Air

Aircraft Registration
SU-GCM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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