EgyptAir Flight 667

EgyptAir Flight 667
Incident summary
SU-GBP, the aircraft involved, at London Heathrow Airport.
Date	29 July 2011
Summary	Cockpit Fire
Site	Cairo International Airport
Passengers	307
Crew	10
Fatalities	0
Injuries (non-fatal)	7
Survivors	317 (all)
Aircraft type	Boeing 777-266ER
Aircraft name	Nefertiti
Operator	EgyptAir
Registration	SU-GBP
Flight origin	Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA)
Destination	Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN)

EgyptAir Flight 667 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Cairo International Airport in Egypt to Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport in Saudi Arabia which suffered a fire in the cockpit while on the ground at Cairo airport on 29 July 2011. Seven people were injured as the aircraft was evacuated. The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft involved was damaged beyond repair and written off.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Boeing 777-266ER, registered SU-GBP (C/N 28423, msn 71). It had first flown on 5 May 1997 and was 14 years old at the time of the accident. It had 48,281 hours of flight time and had completed 11,448 flight cycles.^[1]

Accident

The aircraft was parked at gate F7 of Terminal 3 at Cairo airport on 29 July 2011, with preparations underway to operate EgyptAir Flight 667. As the last few of the 307 passengers were boarding, a fire broke out in the cockpit of the Boeing 777, with smoke coming from inside the right side console.^[1] Cairo Civil Defense reported that the aircraft was successfully evacuated with seven injuries. Airport fire teams extinguished the fire; two firefighters were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.^[1]^[2] The aircraft sustained structural damage in the cockpit from the fire as well as extensive heat and smoke damage in the cabin. The aircraft was damaged beyond economic repair; this was the second hull loss of a Boeing 777.^[1]^[2] Investigators focused on a possible electrical fault interacting with a supply hose in the crew's oxygen system.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "EgyptAir Flight 667 ground fire". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
1 2 "Recent Incidents / Accidents Worldwide". Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre. July 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2012.

External links

news coverage including photos of the damage

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