Egyptair flight 843

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Egyptair flight 843
Boeing 737-566, EgyptAir AN0234212.jpg

The crashed plane in 1991
Accident summary
Accident type Controlled flight into terrain
place 6 kilometers northwest of Tunis Airport , TunisiaTunisiaTunisia 
date May 7, 2002
Fatalities 14th
Survivors 48
Injured 28
Aircraft
Aircraft type United StatesUnited States Boeing 737-566
operator EgyptEgypt Egyptair
Mark EgyptEgypt SU-GBI
Departure airport Cairo International Airport , Egypt
EgyptEgypt 
Destination airport Tunis Airport , Tunisia
TunisiaTunisia 
Passengers 56
crew 6th
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The Egyptair Flight 843 (flight number IATA : MS843 , ICAO : MSR843 , call sign EGYPTAIR 843 ) was an international scheduled flight of Egyptair from Cairo to Tunis . On 7 May 2002 the final approach occurred on that flight during the execution of the Tunis of the accident of a Boeing 737-566 with the air vehicle registration SU-GBI , killed in the 14 people were injured and 28th

machine

The aircraft involved in the accident was a Boeing 737-566, which was 10 years and 8 months old at the time of the accident. The aircraft was finally assembled at Boeing's plant in Renton , Washington state, and completed its maiden flight on September 24, 1991, before being delivered to Egyptair on October 11, 1991 , which approved the aircraft with the aircraft registration SU-GBI and has been doing so ever since continuous operation. The aircraft had the factory number 25307, it was the 2135. Boeing 737 from ongoing production. The twin- engined , narrow -body aircraft was equipped with two CFMI CFM56-3C1 engines. By the time of the accident, the machine had had a cumulative operating performance of 26,082 operating hours with 15,686 take-offs and landings. At the time of the accident, the machine was painted white, “neutral” without the operator logo or lettering. The engines and the tail unit had a blue painting, which was also without any logos or lettering.

Passengers and crew

The flight from Cairo Airport International to Tunis had begun 56 passengers. Among the passengers were 27 Egyptians , 16 Tunisians , three Algerians , three Jordanians and two British . There was a crew of six on board, consisting of the flight captain Ashraf Abdel-Aal ( Arabic : أشرف عبدالعال), the first officer Khalid Odeh (خالد عودة) and four flight attendants.

the accident

The approach to Tunis was carried out in instrument flight , as it was foggy and rainy with sand drifts at that time. The pilots received clearance to land on runway 11 at Tunis-Carthage Airport. The aircraft was flown at 14:18 on its final approach against a hill in the area of ​​Nahli in the north of Tunis. The machine touched down at an altitude of 750 feet above sea level and 6.4 kilometers northwest of the airport.

consequences

Of the 62 occupants of the machine, the two pilots, a flight attendant and eleven passengers died. Among the 45 passengers and three flight attendants who survived, another 28 were injured.

root cause

The investigation revealed that the Minimum Safe Altitude Warning (MSAW) device in Tunis-Carthage did not cover the approach for runway 11. It was recommended to update the device to cover approaches to all runways. The type of accident was a controlled flight into terrain .

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