Egypt B738 near Alexandria on Jun 10th 2015, failure of weather radar

Last Update: June 11, 2015 / 21:40:59 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 10, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Egypt Air

Flight number
MS-787

Departure
Cairo, Egypt

Destination
Munich, Germany

Aircraft Registration
SU-GDA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Egypt Air Boeing 737-800, registration SU-GDA performing flight MS-787 from Cairo (Egypt) to Munich (Germany) with 111 passengers, was enroute at FL360 over the Mediterranean Sea about 110nm northnorthwest of Alexandria (Egypt) when the crew turned around and returned to Cairo due to a failed weather radar. The aircraft landed safely back in Cairo about 80 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration SU-GED reached Munich with a delay of 4.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 10, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Egypt Air

Flight number
MS-787

Departure
Cairo, Egypt

Destination
Munich, Germany

Aircraft Registration
SU-GDA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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