| Date: | Tuesday 12 May 1998 |
| Time: | 04:31 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-231 |
| Owner/operator: | EgyptAir |
| Registration: | SU-GBD |
| MSN: | 194 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | IAE V2500-A1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 54 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cairo International Airport (CAI) -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN) |
| Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) | |
| 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.
Sources:
FAA
ICAO Adrep
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 September 2015 | SU-GBD | EgyptAir | 0 | near Madinah-Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED/OEMA) |  |
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Location
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photo (c) Ian Jenkins; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF); 30 July 2004
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