| Date: | Saturday 17 July 2010 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-306M |
| Owner/operator: | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
| Registration: | HS-VAC |
| MSN: | 23056/587 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Engine model: | General Electric CF6-50E2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 22 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cairo International Airport (CAI) -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
| Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Boeing 747-306M passenger plane, registered HS-VAC, sustained substantial damage following an uncontained engine failure at Cairo International Airport (CAI), Egypt. There were no injuries.
Saudi Arabian Airlines flight 9302 was a ferry flight from Cairo to Jeddah (JED), Saudi Arabia. The crew rejected the takeoff following a loss of engine power of engine no. 4. It appeared the engine had suffered an uncontained failure.
Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 August 1991 | PH-BUU | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | 0 | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) |  |
non |
| 17 October 1991 | PH-BUU | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | 0 | Houston, TX |  |
min |
| 4 July 2008 | HS-VAC | Saudi Arabian Airlines | 0 | Jeddah-King Abdul-Aziz International Airport (JED) |  |
min |
| Uncontained engine failure | ||||||
Location
Images:
photo (c) Harro Ranter / ASN; Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM); 29 March 1994
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM); 13 July 2003
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