Egypt B772 near Sharm el Sheikh on Aug 4th 2016, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: August 7, 2016 / 19:37:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 4, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Egypt Air

Flight number
MS-621

Destination
Cairo, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
SU-GBS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

An Egypt Air Boeing 777-200, registration SU-GBS performing flight MS-621 from Kuwait (Kuwait) to Cairo (Egypt) with 304 passengers, was enroute at FL380 over Saudi Arabia when an engine (PW4090) failed prompting the crew to secure the engine. The aircraft drifted down to FL240 and diverted to Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) for a safe landing about 45 minutes later.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

The airline reported a technical failure prompted the precautionary diversion to Sharm el Sheikh

Sharm el Sheikh Airport reported the aircraft diverted due to an engine failure.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 4, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Egypt Air

Flight number
MS-621

Destination
Cairo, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
SU-GBS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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