Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 07 MAY 2002 |
| Time: | 14:18 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-566 |
| Operator: | EgyptAir |
| Registration: | SU-GBI |
| C/n / msn: | 25307/2135 |
| First flight: | 1991-09-24 (10 years 8 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 26082 |
| Cycles: | 15686 |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-3C1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 56 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 62 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 6 km (3.8 mls) from Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN) (Tunisia)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt |
| Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN/DTTA), Tunisia | |
| Flightnumber: | 843 |
Flight MS843 departed Cairo at 13:40 for a flight to Tunis. The 737 crash-landed about six kilometres (four miles) from the airport while on an approach to runway 11.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Cairo International Airport to Tunis-Carthage Airport as the crow flies is 2083 km (1302 miles).
Distance from Cairo International Airport to Tunis-Carthage Airport as the crow flies is 2083 km (1302 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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