Cairo - Jeddah

On July 17, 2010 at 07:30 AM, Cairo - Jeddah experienced a crash involving Boeing 747-300, operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines - SAUDIA, with the event recorded near Cairo-Intl Cairo.

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

22 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 22 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 22, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a positioning flight from Cairo to Jeddah. During the takeoff roll, the engine n°4 experienced an uncontained failure. The takeoff procedure was rejected and the aircraft came to a halt and later transferred to a hangar. All 22 crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration HS-VAC, MSN 23056/587, year of manufacture 1983.

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