Cairo A320 near Cairo on Aug 1st 2016, happy door
Last Update: August 2, 2016 / 19:11:55 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 1, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Cairo
Flight number
SM-451
Departure
Alexandria, Egypt
Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
SU-BSN
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 5 hours, then contined to Jeddah and reached the destination with a delay of 5:15 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 1, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Cairo
Flight number
SM-451
Departure
Alexandria, Egypt
Destination
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Aircraft Registration
SU-BSN
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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