Leisure Egypt A342 near Cairo on Feb 18th 2017, cargo door indication
Last Update: February 21, 2017 / 22:58:27 GMT/Zulu time
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
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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