Ua pahū nui ʻia ma kahi kokoke i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Cairo. Hōʻike ʻia nā kiʻi i hōʻike ʻia ma ka pānaehana kaiapili i ka nui o ka uahi e piʻi aʻe i ka lewa.
Ke hakakā nei nā luna pale kīwila i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ke kahua e hoʻomalu i ke ahi. ʻO nā ambulances, nā kaʻa mākaʻi a me nā lawelawe palekana i holo wikiwiki i kahi o ka hanana.
ʻO ka pahū, i hana ʻia ma kahi o 10:30 pm manawa kūloko, ua hana ʻia ma ʻelua mau pahu pahu wahie ma waho o ke kahua mokulele, wahi a ke Kuhina Kūleʻa Kivila o ʻAigupita, e like me ka Reuters. Ua hōʻole pū ke kuhina i nā hōʻike mua e pili ana i ka lele ʻana o ka ea ma ke kahua mokulele.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia nā huakaʻi, ua wehewehe kekahi mau mea hōʻike i ke kaʻa kaʻa i loko a i waho o ke kahua mokulele he "pōʻino."
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ke kumu o ka pahū ʻana a me ke ahi ma ka waihona wahie. ʻAʻohe mea i hōʻeha ʻia a i ʻole nā hōʻeha i hōʻoia ʻia i kēia manawa, haʻi ʻia kahi kumu i ka nūhou Al-Ain. Ke noiʻi nei nā mana i ka hanana.
ʻO ke kahua mokulele ʻo Cairo International Airport (IATA: CAI, ICAO: HECA) ka mokulele honua o Kairo a me ke kahua mokulele ʻoi loa ma ʻAigupita a lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kumu mua no EgyptAir, EgyptAir Express a me Nile Air a me kekahi mau mokulele ʻē aʻe.
Aia ke kahua mokulele ma Heliopolis, ma ka ʻākau hikina o Kairo ma kahi o 15 mau kilomita (9.3 mi) mai ka ʻoihana ʻoihana o ke kūlanakauhale a he 37 kilomika square (14 sq mi). ʻO ia ka lua o ka mokulele ʻoi loa ma ʻApelika ma hope o OR Tambo International Airport ma Johannesburg.
ʻO nā keʻena kikowaena o Cairo International Airport ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike 1, International Hall 3, a me Hall 4 no nā lawelawe mokulele pilikino a ʻaʻole kālepa. Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻolālā hou a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā hale, ua wāwahi ka CAA i ka Hale 3 kahiko, i hoʻohana mua ʻia no ka hōʻea ʻana a me ka haʻalele ʻana, e kūkulu hou i kahi hale hou e hoʻohana ʻia no nā hōʻea honua. ʻO ka Terminal 1 kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo "Old Airport," ʻoiai ua hāʻawi hou ʻia kāna mau hale i kahi hoʻoponopono piha a ʻoi aku ka hou ma mua o ka Terminal 2, ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "New Airport."
