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词条 Draft:EgyptAir Flight 843
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  1. Accident Summary

      Departure    Approach and crash    After the crash  

  2. Survivor accounts

  3. Aftermath

  4. See also

  5. References

{{multiple issues|{{Rewrite|date=November 2018}}{{Cleanup|date= November 2018|reason=this draft needs citations fixed and revised sections}}}}{{Infobox Airliner accident
|name = EgyptAir Flight 843
|Crash image= File:Boeing 737-566, EgyptAir AN0234212.jpg
|caption = Accident Aircraft in 1991
|Date = 7 May 2002
|Type = Controlled flight into terrain
|occurrence_type=Accident
|Site = Tunis, Tunisia
|Aircraft Type = Boeing 737-566
|Origin = Cairo International Airport, Egypt
|Destination = Tunis–Carthage International Airport, Tunisia
|Operator = EgyptAir
|Tail Number = SU-GBI
|Passengers = 56
|Crew = 6
|Fatalities = 14
|Injuries = 28
|Survivors = 48 (3 crew, 45 passengers)
}}EgyptAir Flight 843 was a flight from Cairo International Airport to Tunis–Carthage International Airport. On 7 May 2002, the Boeing 737-566 on the route crashed into a hill near Tunis–Carthage International Airport.[1][2] Of the 6 crew members and 56 passengers, 3 crew members and 11 passengers died, making a total of 14 fatalities.[3]

Accident Summary

Departure

Egypt Flight No. 843 took off from Cairo International Airport on the afternoon of May 7, 2002 to Tunis Carthage International Airport in Tunis. The passengers are 68 passengers, 27 Egyptians, 16 Tunisians, 3 from Algeria, 3 from Jordan, 2 from Britain, A Boeing 737-566, led by pilot Ashraf Abdel-Aal and his assistant Khalid Odeh. It was a normal routine flight between Cairo and Tunis until the plane entered Tunisian airspace.

Approach and crash

The plane was flying in Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) due to fog, rain and blowing sand on approach to runway 11 of Tunis-Carthage Airport.[4][5] The aircraft made Controlled flight into terrain on a hill in the Nahli area in the north of Tunis.[5] The aircraft came to rest at an elevation of 750 ft above sea level and 4 miles (6 km) from the airport.[4][5] Of the 6 crew and 56 passengers on board, 3 crew members and 11 passengers were killed in the crash.[4] The investigation found the Minimum safe altitude warning device at Tunis-Carthage did not cover the approach for Runway 11, and recommended studying ways to improve the volume of sky covered by the device in order to cover approaches to all the runways.[4]

According to the management of Carthage Airport, the pilots decided to carry out the normal landing at the airport. The accident occurred during the landing process. There are two versions of the accident:

  • The first version, which says that the pilot and while trying to land at the airport did not open the wheels of the plane, and therefore asked the tower control of Carthage Airport of the pilot circling around the airport and try to open the wheels of the plane and empty fuel from the plane during this rotation, the delegation denied the Tunisian Transport Minister reported that the pilot of the plane has Because the aircraft can not be emptied of it very quickly in the air and that is due to the issue of the type of aircraft, and his responsibility, during the rotation stage failed landing plane wheels again and with the lack of horizontal vision and bad weather crashed plane Li mountain slopes 6 km from Tunisia, taking into account that the pilot did not request an emergency landing because of the descent of the landing gear.
  • The second story, which says that the plane was not subjected to any technical fault, and that the landing was dropped naturally (and this was shown by the preliminary inspection of the scene of the incident), and after unloading the sound recorders of the cab and the discharge of data recorders that show the steps of Egyptian pilots and the performance of aircraft devices did not show any Something unusual in the final minutes of the accident, and that the pilot fell to a low level compared to the level to fly during the landing at Carthage airport, because of the nature of the mountainous terrain, and with bad weather and lack of horizontal vision, the plane hit the mountain, 6 km from

After the crash

The plane crashed into two halves and the back of the plane caught fire. As a result, most of the victims were sitting in the back of the plane. Rescue teams headed to the crash area to rescue the injured passengers and retrieve the bodies of those killed.

Survivor accounts

A number of survivors of the EgyptAir crash described the crash as a quasi-earthquake, and most of the survivors' views agreed that the pilot asked them to tie their belts well and take a deep breath and keep them in their chests to relieve the air bumps we are experiencing. The seats to absorb any strong shock may occur to them, and said one of the witnesses happened to be at the crash site that he was walking on the plateau, but was surprised by the fall of the Egyptian plane next to him and crushed. One of the survivors said that "the plane had left Egypt normally, but when we entered the Tunisian airspace we found an unusual climatic situation that I had not seen since the year And we stayed for about half an hour between the fog and could not see the surface of the earth at all, "adding that" while the pilot was preparing to take off at the airport in Tunisia, the plane suddenly crashed into the mountain, and that maybe something wrong from the pilot and something from the plane."[6]

Aftermath

Misr Insurance Company began paying compensation to EgyptAir for the disaster-ridden plane in Tunisia as well as compensation for victims and injured in accordance with the international agreement. The value of the plane's compensation amounted to 22 million dollars, or 110 million pounds.[7]

See also


  • EgyptAir Flight 990
  • EgyptAir Flight 648
  • List of civil aircraft accidents

References

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1. ^{{cite news|date=7 May 2002 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1973452.stm |title=Egyptair disasters|publisher=BBC|accessdate=1 November 2009}}
2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.icao.int/safety/airnavigation/AIG/Documents/Safety%20Recommendations%20to%20ICAO/Final%20Reports/02000860_final_report.en.pdf | title=Investigation Report Concerning the Accident on 7 May 2002 in Tunis Involving a Boeing 737-500 , With Registration SU-GBI, Operated by Eygptair | publisher=Ministry of Communication Technologies and Transport | date=May 2004 | accessdate=22 August 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020507-0|title=Egyptair 843|publisher=Aviation Safety Network |accessdate=1 November 2009}}
4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.icao.int/safety/airnavigation/AIG/Documents/Safety%20Recommendations%20to%20ICAO/Final%20Reports/02000860_final_report.en.pdf|title=Investigation Report Concerning the Accident on 7 May 2002 in Tunis Involving a Boeing 737-500 , With Registration SU-GBI, Operated by Eygptair|date=May 2004|publisher=Ministry of Communication Technologies and Transport|accessdate=22 August 2015}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/05/08/tunis.crash/|title=Probe into EgyptAir jet disaster|date=8 May 2002|publisher=Cable News Network LP, LLLP.|accessdate=22 August 2015}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://aawsat.com/details.asp?section=4&issueno=8564&article=102529&feature=|title=تونس تنفي أن يكون قائد الطائرة المصرية المنكوبة أرسل نداء استغاثة وتقول إنه هبط بطريقة تخالف المعايير المعمول بها, أخبــــــار|website=aawsat.com|access-date=2018-11-30}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gom.com.eg/algomhuria/2002/05/10/thirdp/detail09.shtml|title=صرف التعويضات - جريدة الجمهورية المصرية.|publisher=}}
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