Egypt B738 near Athens on Mar 12th 2017, meal preparation failure
Last Update: March 12, 2017 / 21:35:21 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 12, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-748
Departure
Athens, Greece
Destination
Cairo, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
SU-GDZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
An observer on the ground reported fire engines received the aircraft and followed the aircraft to the apron.
Egypt's Air Force reported flight MS-748 returned due to a technical fault in the equipment used to prepare meals.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 12, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-748
Departure
Athens, Greece
Destination
Cairo, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
SU-GDZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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