Egyptair

Code Data

• IATA Code: MS
• ICAO Code: MSR

History

Incidents and Accidents

• 23 November 1985. Egyptair Flight 648. A Boeing 737 aircraft was hijacked to Luqa, Malta by three men from Abu Nidal group; Omar Rezaq was among them. After several hours of negotiations, Egyptian troops stormed the aircraft and battled with the hijackers, who threw several hand grenades and shot five Israeli and American passengers in the head. The aircraft was severely damaged by the explosions and fire. Two of the six crew members and 58 of the 91 passengers were killed.
• 31 October 1999, the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990. It was a Boeing 767 that was flying between John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City and Cairo which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off of Nantucket. The pilot, Gameel Al-Batouti, was suspected by U.S. authorites of committing suicide and intentionally crashing the plane. Egyptian officials have strongly disputed that claim.

Fleet

• 7 Airbus A300B4
• 12 Airbus A320-200
• 3 Airbus A321-200
• 2 Airbus A330-200 (further 3 on order)
• 3 Airbus A340-200
• 4 Boeing 737-500
• 2 Boeing 747-300
• 5 Boeing 777-200

External Links

• Egyptair
• Egyptair Fleet Detail
• Egyptair Passenger Comments

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