EgyptAir announced in an urgent press release Its flight No. MS4413, a B737-800, was heading from Burj Al Arab Airport to Jeddah International Airport without passengers, as it was scheduled to transport pilgrims after performing Umrah rituals from Jeddah Airport to Burj Al Arab Airport, and shortly after its takeoff, a sudden technical malfunction occurred. One of the plane’s systems, which resulted in the flight commander returning again to Borg El Arab Airport in accordance with safety and security procedures.
EgyptAir said that out of concern for the safety of the passengers, another aircraft of the type Boeing B737-800, which took off from Cairo Airport to Jeddah Airport to transport 140 passengers from Jeddah Airport. The plane arrived Burj Al Arab Airport at 12:30 noon today.