Created Monday, Feb 8th 2021 21:41Z, last updated Sunday, Feb 14th 2021 23:30Z
An Egypt Air Airbus A330-200, registration SU-GCJ performing flight
MS-509 from Cairo (Egypt) to Hong Kong (China), was enroute at FL410 over Saudi Arabia about 670nm eastsoutheast of Cairo when the crew decided to return to Cairo due to the captain becoming ill. The aircraft descended to FL400 for the return, landed safely on Cairo's runway 23C about 95 minutes after turning around and taxied to the apron.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Cairo about 8 hours after landing.
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