Final Report - B772, cockpit oxygen-fed fire while on ground, Cairo, Egypt, 29 July 2011
Final Report - B772, cockpit oxygen-fed fire while on ground, Cairo, Egypt, 29 July 2011
On 29 July 2011 an oxygen-fed fire started in the flight deck of an Egypt Air Boeing 777-200 about to depart from Cairo with most passengers boarded. The fire rapidly took hold despite attempts at extinguishing it but all passengers were safely evacuated via the still-attached air bridge access to doors 1L and 2L. The flight deck and adjacent structure was severely damaged. The Investigation could not conclusively determine the cause of the fire but suspected that wiring damage attributable to inadequately secured cabling may have provided a source of ignition for an oxygen leak from the crew emergency supply.






