Flash Airlines plane

Flash Airlines was a private charter airline operating out of Cairo, Egypt that was part of the Flash Group tourism company. It operated non-scheduled commercial passenger flights on both international and domestic routes. Download high resolution version (1024x715, 210 KB)Flash Airlines plane. ... Download high resolution version (1024x715, 210 KB)Flash Airlines plane. ... A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Although technically in Giza, The Great Pyramids have become a symbol of Cairo internationally Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة; transliterated: al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt (and previously the United Arab Republic) and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15. ...

Airline code

• ICAO Code: FSH

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Fleet

Flash Airlines operated two Boeing 737-300 aircraft. One was written off in the accident detailed below, and the other was disposed of in November 2004. 737 in new Boeing Colors. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Incidents and accidents

On January 3, 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashed into the Red Sea shortly after leaving Sharm el-Sheikh heading for Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The large majority (144 out of 148) of the victims were French, and the flight crew was Egyptian. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flash Airlines Flight 604 was a charter flight operated by Egyptian charter company Flash Airlines. ... Conshelf II in the Red Sea (Sudan) Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea (Arabic البحر الأحمر Baḥr al-Aḥmar, al-Baḥru l-’Aḥmar; Hebrew ים סוף Yam Suf; Tigrigna ቀይሕ ባሕሪ QeyH baHri) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ... View of the Red Sea and Tiran Island from the Sheraton Sharm hotel Sharm el sheikh is in the red sea in eygypt Sharm el-Sheikh (شرم الشيخ, also transliterated as Sharm ash Shaykh), often known simply as Sharm, is a city situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in...

Following the crash, a spokesperson for the Swiss Federal Office for Civil Aviation said that inspections in April and October 2002 had revealed safety issues on Flash Airlines planes. Since Flash did not respond to these concerns, the airline was no longer permitted to fly to or over Switzerland. However, Egypt's Civil Aviation ministry called the Swiss accusations baseless and said it had inspection documents proving Flash Airlines planes were safe. Finnish National Airline Department granted Flash Airlines permission to operate charter flights from Finland to Egypt in September 2003, because (according to the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat) a warning e-mail from Switzerland did not reach its intended recipient. Federal Office for Civil Aviation The Federal Office for Civil Aviation is a Swiss government organisation. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Helsingin Sanomat is the leading newspaper in Finland, and is known for a serious, somewhat elitist approach that includes a high standard on research and language. ...

External links

• Flash Airlines Fleet Detail
• Relatives' website