Egypt A321 at Aleppo on May 6th 2012, tail strike on takeoff
Last Update: May 8, 2012 / 15:20:41 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2012
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-724
Departure
Aleppo, Syria
Destination
Cairo, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
SU-GBU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
The remainder of the flight was cancelled.
The scheduled rotation Cairo-Larnaca-Cairo flights MS-741/MS-742 was upgraded from a scheduled Boeing 737-500 to an Airbus A330-200 registration SU-GCK delivering the passengers of MS-724 to Cairo with a delay of 13.5 hours.
Metars Aleppo:
OSAP 060400Z 26005KT CAVOK 15/10 Q1011
OSAP 060300Z 26003KT CAVOK 13/09 Q1011
OSAP 060200Z VRB03KT CAVOK 13/10 Q1011
OSAP 060100Z 29003KT CAVOK 13/11 Q1010
OSAP 060000Z VRB03KT CAVOK 14/11 Q1011
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2012
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-724
Departure
Aleppo, Syria
Destination
Cairo, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
SU-GBU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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