Flash Airlines Flight 604 Crash (SU-ZCF)

Accident Overview and Flight Details On January 3, 2004, at approximately 02:45:06 UTC (04:45:06 local time), Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashed into the Red Sea shortly after departing Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport (SSH) in South Sinai, Egypt. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-300 with Egyptian registration SU-ZCF, was operating as a passenger charter flight destined for Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in France, with a scheduled refueling stopover at Cairo International Airport (CAI). The flight departed from runway 22R and became airborne at 02:42:33 UTC, approximately two and a half minutes before the crash. The aircraft was cleared for a climbing left turn to intercept the 306 radial from the Sharm el-Sheikh VOR station, a procedure designed to allow departing flights to gain sufficient altitude before proceeding over higher terrain along the flight path to Cairo. The flight was operating in Egyptian airspace under the provisions of Egyptian Civil Aviation Regulations Part 121. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces with the Red Sea, and there were no survivors.