Date 29 July 2011 Passengers 307 Fatalities 0 | Summary Cockpit Fire Crew 10 | |
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Site Cairo International Airport | ||
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. EgyptAir continues to operate Flight 667 on the Cairo - Jeddah route.
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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.
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. 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. 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. Investigators focused on a possible electrical fault interacting with a supply hose in the crew's oxygen system.