Boeing 747-228F incident near Cairo, Eg, December 16, 2007
On December 16, 2007 at about 7:15 am local time, a Boeing 747-228F, registered N751SA, suffered minor damage in an incident near Cairo. It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 16, 2007 · about 7:15 am local time
- Place
- Cairo, Egypt
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 747-228F · all 747-228Fs on the register
- Registration
- N751SA · no longer on the register · serial 22678
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: retractable
- Operator: Ethiopian Airlines
The flight
- Departed from: ADD Addis Ababa
- Destination: Cairo
Weather at the time
- Wind: from 220° at 5 knots
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 59°F (15°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 4 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.