Egypt B738 at Alexandria on Apr 12th 2024, engine failure
Last Update: April 12, 2024 / 16:45:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 12, 2024
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine failure
Airline
Egypt Air
Departure
Alexandria, Egypt
Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
SU-GCM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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
Cause
Engine failure
Airline
Egypt Air
Departure
Alexandria, Egypt
Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
SU-GCM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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