ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87
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| Date: | 15-JAN-2008 |
| Time: | 01:20 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C90B King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Egyptian government's Nuclear Materials Authority |
| Registration: | SU-ZAA |
| MSN: | LJ-1353 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Port Said,HEPS -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | HECA |
| HEPS | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The pilots, Mahmoud Abdel Naby and Ashraf Shukri were in a training flight practicing "touch and gos" with "go around". After 4 trials on the fifth and just before landing on the runway for the last time the aircraft started to burn suddenly.
The plane crashed, falling in the Ahrash area near Port Said airport. The aircraft was used to detect radioactivity and to search for metals, including uranium in the Gulf of Suez and the Egyptian desert.
Sources:
MENA, Reuters, Egyptian Newspapers
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jan-2008 21:01 | Ahmed | Added |
| 18-Jan-2008 02:12 | Vlad | Updated |
| 28-Feb-2010 21:04 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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