EgyptAir Flight 843

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EgyptAir Flight 843
Accident summary
Date	7 May 2002
Summary	Pilot error
Site	Tunis, Tunisia
Passengers	56
Crew	6
Injuries (non-fatal)	0
Fatalities	14
Survivors	48 (3 crew, 45 passengers)
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-566
Operator	EgyptAir
Registration	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 is now flown using an Airbus A320.

References

↑ "Egyptair disasters". BBC. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
↑ "Egyptair 843". Aviation Safety Network. 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 Airlines Flight 556
Jul 10 Swiss International Airlines Flight 850
Jul 16 Bristow Helicopters Sikorsky crash

Jul 18 PB4Y-2 Privateer airtanker crash
Jul 26 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash
Jul 27 Sknyliv air show disaster
Aug 08 Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823
Aug 16 Khankala Mi-26 crash
Oct 09 Northwest Airlines Flight 85
Nov 06 Luxair Flight 9642
Nov 11 Laoag International Airlines Flight 585
Dec 24 Iran Antonov An-140 crash

Incidents resulting in at least 50 deaths shown in italics
Deadliest incident shown in Bold SmallCaps

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