ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323981
| Date: | Tuesday 12 May 1998 |
| Time: | 04:31 |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-33AER |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-AKW |
| MSN: | 25346/403 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW4056 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 141 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cairo International Airport (CAI) -
 Egypt
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
| Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An EgyptAir Airbus A.320 had just landed on runway 05R and crossed the active departure runway 05L on its way to the apron. At that moment an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 was taking off, shearing off 4 feet of the Airbus' vertical stabilizer. The 767 returned to Cairo and landed safely with 3 feet of right wing damage.
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