Egyptian plane catches fire at Cairo airport

Post by **DJKeefy** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:42 pm

Airport officials say some 300 passengers were rushed off an Egypt Air plane that caught fire before takeoff from Cairo.

The officials say an electrical short in the cockpit caused the fire early Friday as the plane was scheduled to fly to Jiddah, Saudi Arabia.

The passengers were rushed off the plane to a transit hall as firefighters put out the flames. The officials said two firefighters were later taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.

The fire didn't affect general air traffic and another plane was being prepared for the passengers traveling to Jiddah.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Source: The Associated Press

Post by **Horus** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:54 pm

Oh dear! never a good thing, but why do people try to hush these things up?

Post by **LovelyLadyLux** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:52 am

Cairo airport is Huge! All terminals have always been packed most anytime I've passed through. If a plane caught fire it would be pretty hard not to have lots of people see and know about the fire so 'why' try to cover it up?