EgyptAir Flight 843

EgyptAir Flight 843
Accident summary
Date	7 May 2002
Type	pilot error
Site	Tunis, Tunisia
Passengers	56
Crew	6
Fatalities	14
Survivors	48 (3 crew, 45 passengers)
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-500
Operator	EgyptAir
Tail number	SU-GBI
Flight origin	Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt
Destination	Tunis-Carthage International Airport, Tunis, Tunisia

EgyptAir Flight 843 was a flight from Cairo International Airport to Tunis Airport. On 7 May 2002, the Boeing 737-566 on the route crashed near Tunis.^[1] Of the 6 crew members and 56 passengers, 3 crew members and 11 passengers died, making a total of 14 fatalities.^[2]

The airline continues to operate Flight 843 from Cairo to Tunis. It now flown using an Airbus A320.

References

	Egypt portal
	Tunisia portal
	Aviation portal
	Disasters portal

^ "Egyptair disasters". BBC. 7 May 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1973452.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
^ "Egyptair 843". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020507-0. Retrieved 2009-11-01.

← 2001
Aviation accidents and incidents in 2002 (2002)
2003 →

May 04 EAS Airlines Flight 4226
May 07 China Northern Airlines Flight 6136
May 07 EgyptAir Flight 843
May 25 China Airlines Flight 611
Jun 17 C-130 Hercules airtanker crash
Jul 01 Überlingen mid-air collision
Jul 01 America West Flight 556
Jul 10 Crossair Flight 850

Jul 16 Bristow Helicopters Sikorsky crash
Jul 18 P4Y-2 Privateer airtanker crash
Jul 27 Sknyliv airshow disaster
Aug 08 Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823
Aug 16 Khankala Mi-26 crash
Nov 06 Luxair Flight 9642
Nov 28 Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582

Incidents resulting in at least 50 deaths shown in italics
Deadliest incident shown in bold smallcaps