9K-AKG - Air Cairo Airbus A320-214
9K-AKG leaving Norwich Int. Airport (NWI) for Bodrum Milas Airport (BJV), Turkey on delivery to Cairo Air from Kuwait Airways. Note Kuwaiti registration.
Flight number KU8209, flight time 3:29.
Model: A320-214
Manufacturer: Airbus
Year built: 2015
First flight: 23rd. January 2015
Serial number: 6458
Registration: 9K-AKG
Owner: Air Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Delivery date: Due to enter service
Flight crew: 2
Number of seats: 130
Length: 123 ft. 3 in. (37.57 m)
Height: 38 ft. 7 in. 11.76 m)
Wingspan: 117 ft. 5 in. (35.8 m)
Wing area: 1,330 sq. ft. (124 m2)
Empty weight: 93,900 lb. (42,592 kg)
Max payload: 44,000 lb (19,958 kg)
MTOW: 172,000 lb. (78,018 kg)
Fuel capacity: 15,882 gal. (27,200 litres)
Engines: 2 x CFM International CFM56-5B4/P turbofan
Max thrust: 2 x 27,000 lb. (120 kN)
Max speed: 470 knots (541 mph - 871 km/h)
Cruise speed: 447 knots (515 mph - 829 km/h)
Ceiling: 41,000 ft. (12,500 m)
Range: 3,300 nm (3,798 miles - 6,112 km)
Take off distance: 6,900 ft. (2,100 m)
Landing distance: 4,900 ft. (1,500 m)
Registration history:
SU-???, Air Cairo, due to enter service
9K-AKG, Kuwait Airways, delivered 28th. February 2015
Named 'Bateel / بتيل' until December 2019
Named 'Sharq / شرق' from December 2019
F-WWDU, test registration
On Sunday 21st. April 2019, Kuwait Airways Airbus A320-214, registration 9K-AKG performing flight KU-501 from Kuwait Int. Airport (KWI), Kuwait to Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY), Beirut, Lebanon, was on approach to Beirut's runway 16 and descending through about 8,000 feet when an impact occurred. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 16. A post flight inspection revealed damage to the radome.
Lebanon's Civil Aviation Authority reported the captain suggested they flew through a cloud of hail at the time, however, the damage was limited to just the nose with no damage to windscreen or other parts of the aircraft, suggests a lightning strike or some object. The airline reported the aircraft flew through a mass of passing snow.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 11 hours, then departed for the return flight KU-502.
Kuwait Airways Airbus A320-214, registration 9K-AKG, suffered substantially damaged when its rear fuselage was hit by a catering truck at Kuwait Int. Airport (KWI) on 22nd. November 2017. The aircraft returned to service on 26th. February 2018.
9K-AKG - Air Cairo Airbus A320-214
9K-AKG leaving Norwich Int. Airport (NWI) for Bodrum Milas Airport (BJV), Turkey on delivery to Cairo Air from Kuwait Airways. Note Kuwaiti registration.
Flight number KU8209, flight time 3:29.
Model: A320-214
Manufacturer: Airbus
Year built: 2015
First flight: 23rd. January 2015
Serial number: 6458
Registration: 9K-AKG
Owner: Air Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Delivery date: Due to enter service
Flight crew: 2
Number of seats: 130
Length: 123 ft. 3 in. (37.57 m)
Height: 38 ft. 7 in. 11.76 m)
Wingspan: 117 ft. 5 in. (35.8 m)
Wing area: 1,330 sq. ft. (124 m2)
Empty weight: 93,900 lb. (42,592 kg)
Max payload: 44,000 lb (19,958 kg)
MTOW: 172,000 lb. (78,018 kg)
Fuel capacity: 15,882 gal. (27,200 litres)
Engines: 2 x CFM International CFM56-5B4/P turbofan
Max thrust: 2 x 27,000 lb. (120 kN)
Max speed: 470 knots (541 mph - 871 km/h)
Cruise speed: 447 knots (515 mph - 829 km/h)
Ceiling: 41,000 ft. (12,500 m)
Range: 3,300 nm (3,798 miles - 6,112 km)
Take off distance: 6,900 ft. (2,100 m)
Landing distance: 4,900 ft. (1,500 m)
Registration history:
SU-???, Air Cairo, due to enter service
9K-AKG, Kuwait Airways, delivered 28th. February 2015
Named 'Bateel / بتيل' until December 2019
Named 'Sharq / شرق' from December 2019
F-WWDU, test registration
On Sunday 21st. April 2019, Kuwait Airways Airbus A320-214, registration 9K-AKG performing flight KU-501 from Kuwait Int. Airport (KWI), Kuwait to Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY), Beirut, Lebanon, was on approach to Beirut's runway 16 and descending through about 8,000 feet when an impact occurred. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 16. A post flight inspection revealed damage to the radome.
Lebanon's Civil Aviation Authority reported the captain suggested they flew through a cloud of hail at the time, however, the damage was limited to just the nose with no damage to windscreen or other parts of the aircraft, suggests a lightning strike or some object. The airline reported the aircraft flew through a mass of passing snow.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 11 hours, then departed for the return flight KU-502.
Kuwait Airways Airbus A320-214, registration 9K-AKG, suffered substantially damaged when its rear fuselage was hit by a catering truck at Kuwait Int. Airport (KWI) on 22nd. November 2017. The aircraft returned to service on 26th. February 2018.