Egypt A332 at Cairo on May 15th 2017, rejected takeoff due to engine failure
Last Update: May 25, 2017 / 15:14:36 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 15, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-955
Departure
Cairo, Egypt
Destination
Beijing, China
Aircraft Registration
SU-GCI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
The engine failure had caused a large hole in the cowl at the engine inlet up to fan section of the left hand engine.
A replacement Airbus A330-200 registration SU-GCG reached Beijing with a delay of about 3 hours.
On May 25th 2017 Egypt's AIB reported the aircraft suffered an uncontained engine failure followed by a rejected takeoff. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 15, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-955
Departure
Cairo, Egypt
Destination
Beijing, China
Aircraft Registration
SU-GCI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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