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Date Tuesday 12 May 1998
Time 04:31
Type Silhouette image of generic A320 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airbus A320-231
Operator EgyptAir
Registration SU-GBD
MSN 194
Year of manufature 1991
Engines IAE V2500-A1
Crew Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Passengers Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 48
Total occupants Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 54
Aircraft damage Substantial, repaired
Aircraft fate rep
Location Cairo International Airport (CAI)   Egypt
Phase Taxi
Nature Passenger - Scheduled
Departure Airport Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN)
Destination Airport Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA)
Narrative 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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photo (c) Ian Jenkins; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF); 30 July 2004