Sky Vision A320 near Jeddah on Jun 12th 2024, captain died in flight

Last Update: June 20, 2024 / 15:43:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 12, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Sky Vision Airlines

Flight number
NE-130

Departure
Cairo, Egypt

Destination
Taif, Saudi Arabia

Aircraft Registration
SU-SKC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Sky Vision Airlines Airbus A320-200 on behalf of Nesma Airlines, registration SU-SKC performing flight NE-130 from Cairo (Egypt) to Taif (Saudi Arabia), was enroute at FL310 over the Red Sea about 150nm northwest of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) when the first officer told the passengers via PA that the captain had just died and they needed to divert to Jeddah. The aircraft landed safely on Jeddah's runway 34C about 30 minutes later.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 12, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Sky Vision Airlines

Flight number
NE-130

Departure
Cairo, Egypt

Destination
Taif, Saudi Arabia

Aircraft Registration
SU-SKC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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