Cairo - Ostend

On April 2, 2004 at 05:00 AM, Cairo - Ostend experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by Air Memphis, with the event recorded near Cairo-Intl Cairo.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. During a night takeoff from Cairo-Intl Airport runway 23L, the right main gear collapsed. The aircraft went out of control, veered off runway to the right and came to rest few hundred metres further with both right engines n°3 & 4 torn off. All seven occupants escaped uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration SU-AVZ, MSN 20762, year of manufacture 1973.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.1141°, 31.4245°.