Egypt B738 at Cairo on Oct 2nd 2016, fire alarm during boarding causes injuries
Last Update: October 2, 2016 / 21:03:20 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 2, 2016
Classification
Accident
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-875
Departure
Cairo, Egypt
Destination
Lagos, Nigeria
Aircraft Registration
SU-GDX
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The airline reported that fumigation of the cargo hold was still in progress during preparation for departure, the passengers were already on board, when a smoke detector activated. The captain instructed a rapid disembarkation as a precaution, however, passengers jostled each other resulting in a stampede during which 3 passengers received injuries.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration SU-GDC reached Lagos with a delay of 5:15 hours.
The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service about 14 hours after the fire alarm.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 2, 2016
Classification
Accident
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-875
Departure
Cairo, Egypt
Destination
Lagos, Nigeria
Aircraft Registration
SU-GDX
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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