The accident happened at Cairo Airport, involving a Egyptair Boeing 777-200 which was standing at the gate F7 on Jul 29th 2011. Experts say the probable cause of this accident might have been occured due to electrical fault or short circuit which led to oxygen supply hose heating and ignition.
No passenger was hurt or injured,Cairo airport officials reported an electrical cockpit fire was reported extinguished 25 minutes after the alert, the passengers were evacuated, their luggage remained intact. Two fire fighters were taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation.
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