Leisure Egypt A342 near Cairo on Feb 18th 2017, cargo door indication

Last Update: February 21, 2017 / 22:58:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 18, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Leisure Egypt

Flight number
AL-730

Departure
Cairo, Egypt

Destination
Shanghai Pudong, China

Aircraft Registration
SU-GBM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-200

ICAO Type Designator
A342

An Air Leisure Egypt Airbus A340-200, registration SU-GBM performing flight AL-730 from Cairo (Egypt) to Shanghai Pudong (China) with 265 people on board, was climbing out of Cairo when the crew stopped the climb at FL190 and requested to return to Cairo explaining they had a cargo door open indication and wanted to have that checked out. The aircraft returned to Cairo for a safe landing on runway 05C about 40 minutes after departure.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2 hours, then was able to depart again and reached Shanghai with a delay of about 2.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 18, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Leisure Egypt

Flight number
AL-730

Departure
Cairo, Egypt

Destination
Shanghai Pudong, China

Aircraft Registration
SU-GBM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-200

ICAO Type Designator
A342

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