Saudi 744 engine drops off at CAI
This from yesterday - must be more to this one than meets the eye.....!
A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-400, re-positioning flight SV-9302 from Cairo (Egypt) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) with 22 crew, rejected takeoff from Cairo ...One of the four engines of a Saudi Airlines passenger aircraft fell on the runway of Cairo International Airport while taxiing for take off.
The outer engine on the right wing of the Boeing 747 dropped off and rolled out to hit the airport's perimeter fencing and leaving a hole in it.The airport was closed for all flight operations as it took two and half hours for the ground staff to clear the runway.The runway was closed for about 2.5 hours until the debris was removed.
The aircraft had brought 416 passengers to Cairo on a charter flight and was scheduled to re-position to Jeddah without passengers.