EgyptAir Flight 843

EgyptAir Flight 843

File:Boeing 737-566, EgyptAir AN0234212.jpg Accident Aircraft at Stuttgart Airport, Germany in 1991
Accident summary
Date	7 May 2002
Summary	Pilot error
Site	Tunis, Tunisia
Passengers	56
Crew	6
Injuries (non-fatal)	28
Fatalities	14
Survivors	48 (3 crew, 45 passengers)
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-566
Operator	EgyptAir
Registration	SU-GBI
Flight origin	Cairo International Airport, Egypt
Destination	Tunis-Carthage International Airport, Tunisia

EgyptAir Flight 843 was a flight from Cairo International Airport to Tunis–Carthage International Airport. On 7 May 2002, the Boeing 737-566 on the route crashed into a hill near Tunis–Carthage International Airport. Of the 6 crew members and 56 passengers, 3 crew members and 11 passengers died, making a total of 14 fatalities. The next hour after flight 843, China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 crashed near Dalian Airport, killing all 112 people on board.

Accident Summary

The plane was flying in Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) due to fog, rain and blowing sand on approach to runway 11 of Tunis-Carthage Airport. The aircraft made a Controlled flight into terrain on a hill in the Nahli area in the north of Tunis. The aircraft came to rest at an elevation of 750 ft above sea level and 4 miles (6 km) from the airport. Of the 6 crew and 56 passengers onboard, 3 crew members and 11 passengers were killed in the crash. The investigation found the Minimum safe altitude warning device at Tunis-Carthage did not cover the approach for Runway 11, and recommended studying ways to improve the volume of sky covered by the device in order to cover approaches to all the runways.